Countries
Galicia
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Galicia
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Interesting Facts
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Portuguese Language
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
Latin
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2321
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1916
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
42
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ola
Hoy
Thank You
Grazas
Salamat
How Are You?
Que tal estás?
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
Boas noites
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
Boa tarde
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
Boa tarde
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
Bos días
Maayong Buntag
Please
Por favor
Palihug
Sorry
Síntoo!
Ikasubo ko
Bye
Adeus
Babay
I Love You
Ámote
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
Perdoe!
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
Boholano
Where They Speak
East Galicia
Bohol
How Many People Speak
2,700,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Galician
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Galician
North Kana
Where They Speak
West Galicia
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
2.40 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.05 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
2.40 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Galego
Visayan
Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
galicien
cebuano
German Name
Galicisch
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Galician people
Cebuano people
Origin
c. 1175
16th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Galician
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
4662
1
120
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Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
gl
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
glg
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
glg
ceb
ISO 639 3
glg
ceb
ISO 639 6
glg
ceb
Glottocode
gali1258
cebu1242
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-