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Countries

Countries

Galicia
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

13
0 46
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National Language

Galicia
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Europe
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

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.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

Portuguese Language
Armenian

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2324
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

77
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1917
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, 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 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ola
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

Grazas
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

Que tal estás?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

Boas noites
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

Boa tarde
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

Boa tarde
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

Bos días
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

Por favor
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

Síntoo!
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

Adeus
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

Ámote
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

Perdoe!
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Galician
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

East Galicia
Greece

How Many People Speak

2,700,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Galician
Griko

Where They Speak

Central Galicia
Italy

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Western Galician
Mariupol

Where They Speak

West Galicia
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

325
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

2.40 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.05 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

2.40 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Galego
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Galego, Gallego
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

galicien
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Galicisch
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[ɡaˈleɣo]
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Galician people
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

c. 1175
1500 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Hellenic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Medieval Galician
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Galician
Modern Greek

Language Position

4674
1 120
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Signed Forms

Galician Sign Language
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

gl
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

glg
ell

ISO 639 2/B

glg
gre

ISO 639 3

glg
ell

ISO 639 6

glg
ells

Glottocode

gali1258
gree1276

Linguasphere

51-AAA-ab
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Galician and Greek Alphabets

Galician and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Galician and Greek. In Galician Alphabets there are 23 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Galician and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Galician and Greek 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 Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Galician and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Galician and Greek Speaking population

Galician and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Galician and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Galician and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Galician language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Galician vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Galician and Greek Language Codes

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