Countries
Galicia
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Galicia
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Zambia
Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
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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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Portuguese Language
Zulu language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2331
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1918
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ola
Moni
Thank You
Grazas
Zikomo
How Are You?
Que tal estás?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Boas noites
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Boa tarde
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Boa tarde
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Bos días
M'mawa wabwino
Please
Por favor
Chonde
Sorry
Síntoo!
pepani
Bye
Adeus
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Ámote
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Perdoe!
Pepani
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
Kasungu
Where They Speak
East Galicia
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
2,700,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Galician
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Galician
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
West Galicia
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
2.40 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.05 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
2.40 million12.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Galego
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
galicien
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Galicisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Galician people
Chewa people
Origin
c. 1175
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Galician
Chewa
Language Position
4627
1
120
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Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
gl
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
glg
nya
ISO 639 2/B
glg
nya
ISO 639 3
glg
nya
ISO 639 6
glg
nya
Glottocode
gali1258
nyan1308
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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