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Countries

Countries

Galicia
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname

Total No. Of Countries

16
0 46
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National Language

Galicia
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa

Speaking Continents

Europe
Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
France, Germany, Indonesia

Regulated By

Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)

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.
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.

Similar To

Portuguese Language
German and English Languages

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2326
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

76
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1921
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

46
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

28 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ola
Hallo

Thank You

Grazas
dankjewel

How Are You?

Que tal estás?
hoe gaat het met je?

Good Night

Boas noites
goede Nacht

Good Evening

Boa tarde
goedenavond

Good Afternoon

Boa tarde
goedemiddag

Good Morning

Bos días
goedemorgen

Please

Por favor
alsjeblieft

Sorry

Síntoo!
sorry

Bye

Adeus
vaarwel

I Love You

Ámote
Ik hou van jou

Excuse Me

Perdoe!
pardon

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Galician
Gronings

Where They Speak

East Galicia
Netherlands

How Many People Speak

2,700,000.00590,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Galician
Low Saxon

Where They Speak

Central Galicia
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.004,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Western Galician
Limburgian

Where They Speak

West Galicia
Belgium, Netherlands

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.001,300,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

37
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

2.40 million28.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.05 %0.32 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

2.40 million22.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million6.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Galego
Nederlands

Alternative Names

Galego, Gallego
Hollands, Nederlands

French Name

galicien
néerlandais; flamand

German Name

Galicisch
Niederländisch

Pronunciation

[ɡaˈleɣo]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]

Ethnicity

Galician people
Dutch people

History

Origin

c. 1175
AD 450-500

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Germanic

Branch

-
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

Medieval Galician
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch

Standard Forms

Galician
Standard Dutch

Language Position

4648
1 120
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Signed Forms

Galician Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

gl
nl

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

glg
nld

ISO 639 2/B

glg
dut

ISO 639 3

glg
nld

ISO 639 6

glg
nld

Glottocode

gali1258
mode1257

Linguasphere

51-AAA-ab
52-ACB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Historical

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
Synthetic

Galician and Dutch Alphabets

Galician and Dutch Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Galician and Dutch. In Galician Alphabets there are 23 letters while in Dutch Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Galician and Dutch languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Galician and Dutch languages. The Galician phonology consist Galician vowels and Galician consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Galician greetings vs Dutch greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Galician and Dutch are Most Spoken Languages.

All Galician and Dutch Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Galician and Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Galician and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Galician are spoken in different Galician Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Galician vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Galician dialects include: Eastern Galician, Central Galician. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Galician and Dutch Speaking population

Galician and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Galician and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Galician and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Galician language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Galician and Dutch on Galician vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Galician and Dutch Language Codes

Galician and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Galician and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.