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Galician and Finnish


Finnish and Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Galicia  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Estonia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  
Institute for the Languages of Finland  

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Portuguese Language  
Estonian and Livonian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
23  
5
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
8  
5

How Many Consonants
19  
9
13  
3

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ola  
Moi  

Thank You
Grazas  
Kiitos  

How Are You?
Que tal estás?  
Mitä kuuluu?  

Good Night
Boas noites  
hyvää yötä  

Good Evening
Boa tarde  
Hyvää iltaa  

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde  
Hyvää iltapäivää  

Good Morning
Bos días  
Hyvää huomenta  

Please
Por favor  
haluta  

Sorry
Síntoo!  
Anteeksi  

Bye
Adeus  
Heippa  

I Love You
Ámote  
Minä rakastan sinua  

Excuse Me
Perdoe!  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
East Galicia  
Finland  

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Galician  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
Central Galicia  
Finland, Rauma  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Galician  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
West Galicia  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
60,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million  
99+
5.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
2.40 million  
99+
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
0.01 million  
99+

Native Name
Galego  
suomi / suomen kieli  

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego  
Suomi  

French Name
galicien  
finnois  

German Name
Galicisch  
Finnisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]  
[ˈsuomi]  

Ethnicity
Galician people  
ethnic Finns  

History

Origin
c. 1175  
1543  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
-  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Galician  
standard Finnish  

Language Position
46  
99+
22  
20

Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gl  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
glg  
fin  

ISO 639 3
glg  
fin  

ISO 639 6
glg  
fin  

Glottocode
gali1258  
finn1318  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Galician and Finnish Speaking population

Galician and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Galician and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Galician and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Galician language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 %. 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 Finnish on Galician vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Galician and Finnish Language Codes

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

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