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Countries

Countries

Galicia
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland

Total No. Of Countries

17
0 46
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National Language

Galicia
Germany

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
North Dakota, United States of America

Speaking Continents

Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia

Regulated By

Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Council for German Orthography

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.
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.

Similar To

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

Derived From

Latin
Albanian Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2326
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

710
0 32
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How Many Consonants

199
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 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ola
hallo

Thank You

Grazas
Danke

How Are You?

Que tal estás?
Wie geht es dir?

Good Night

Boas noites
gute Nacht

Good Evening

Boa tarde
guten Abend

Good Afternoon

Boa tarde
guten Tag

Good Morning

Bos días
guten Morgen

Please

Por favor
bitte

Sorry

Síntoo!
Verzeihung

Bye

Adeus
Tschüs

I Love You

Ámote
Ich liebe dich

Excuse Me

Perdoe!
Entschuldigung

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Galician
Swiss German

Where They Speak

East Galicia
Switzerland

How Many People Speak

2,700,000.004,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Galician
Swabian German

Where They Speak

Central Galicia
Germany

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.00820,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Western Galician
Texas German

Where They Speak

West Galicia
Texas

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.006,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

328
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

2.40 million229.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.05 %1.39 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

2.40 million101.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million128.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Galego
Deutsch

Alternative Names

Galego, Gallego
Deutsch, Tedesco

French Name

galicien
allemand

German Name

Galicisch
Deutsch

Pronunciation

[ɡaˈleɣo]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]

Ethnicity

Galician people
Germans

History

Origin

c. 1175
6th Century AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Germanic

Branch

-
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

Medieval Galician
No early forms

Standard Forms

Galician
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German

Language Position

469
1 120
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Signed Forms

Galician Sign Language
Signed German

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

gl
de

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

glg
deu

ISO 639 2/B

glg
ger

ISO 639 3

glg
deu

ISO 639 6

glg
deus

Glottocode

gali1258
high1287, uppe1397

Linguasphere

51-AAA-ab
52-ACB–dl & -dm

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional, Synthetic

Galician and German Alphabets

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

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

Galician and German Speaking population

Galician and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Galician and German languages can be compared. The total count of Galician and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Galician language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Galician vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Galician and German Language Codes

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