Countries
Galicia
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Galicia
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Latvian State Language Center
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.
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Portuguese Language
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2333
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
79
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1924
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ola
Sveiki
Thank You
Grazas
Paldies
How Are You?
Que tal estás?
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Boas noites
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
Boa tarde
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
Boa tarde
Labdien
Good Morning
Bos días
Labrīt
Please
Por favor
lūdzu
Sorry
Síntoo!
Piedodiet!
Bye
Adeus
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Ámote
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Perdoe!
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
Livonian
Where They Speak
East Galicia
Latvia
How Many People Speak
2,700,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Galician
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
Latvia
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Western Galician
High Latvian
Where They Speak
West Galicia
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
2.40 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.40 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Galego
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego
Lettish
French Name
galicien
letton
German Name
Galicisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Galician people
Latvians or Letts
Origin
c. 1175
1530
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Baltic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Galician
Latvian
Language Position
469
1
120
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Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
gl
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
glg
lav
ISO 639 2/B
glg
lav
ISO 639 3
glg
lav
ISO 639 6
glg
lav
Glottocode
gali1258
latv1249
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic