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Galician and German


German and Galician


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
7   
8

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
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200   
German-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
23   
5
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
10   
7

How Many Consonants
19   
9
9   
1

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
30 weeks   
9

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
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Central Galician   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Central Galicia   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Western Galician   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
West Galicia   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million   
99+
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
2.40 million   
99+
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
Galego   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
galicien   
allemand   

German Name
Galicisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Germans   

History

Origin
c. 1175   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
9   
9

Signed Forms
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
gali1258   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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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.

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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 Not Available 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.

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