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Countries

Countries

Galicia
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

133
0 46
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National Language

Galicia
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa

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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Portuguese Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2326
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
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

47
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

28 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ola
Hello

Thank You

Grazas
Thank you

How Are You?

Que tal estás?
How are you?

Good Night

Boas noites
Good Night

Good Evening

Boa tarde
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

Boa tarde
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

Bos días
Good Morning

Please

Por favor
Please

Sorry

Síntoo!
Sorry

Bye

Adeus
Bye

I Love You

Ámote
I love you

Excuse Me

Perdoe!
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Galician
American English

Where They Speak

East Galicia
United States of America

How Many People Speak

2,700,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Galician
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Central Galicia
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

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

Western Galician
Welsh English

Where They Speak

West Galicia
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

3188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

2.40 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.05 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

2.40 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Galego
English

Alternative Names

Galego, Gallego
English

French Name

galicien
anglais

German Name

Galicisch
Englisch

Pronunciation

[ɡaˈleɣo]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Galician people
English people

History

Origin

c. 1175
5th Century AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Medieval Galician
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

Galician
Standard English

Language Position

463
1 120
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Signed Forms

Galician Sign Language
Signed English

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

gl
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

glg
eng

ISO 639 2/B

glg
eng

ISO 639 3

glg
eng

ISO 639 6

glg
engs

Glottocode

gali1258
stan1293

Linguasphere

51-AAA-ab
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Galician and English Alphabets

Galician and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Galician and English. In Galician Alphabets there are 23 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Galician and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Galician and English 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 English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Galician and English are Most Spoken Languages.

All Galician and English 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 English dialects. Various dialects of Galician and English language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Galician are spoken in different Galician Speaking Countries whereas English Dialects are spoken in different English speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Galician vs English Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Galician dialects include: Eastern Galician, Central Galician. English dialects include: American English , Hiberno-English. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Galician and English Speaking population

Galician and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Galician and English languages can be compared. The total count of Galician and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Galician language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Galician vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Galician and English Language Codes

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