Countries
Galicia
European Union, Lithuania
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Galicia
Lithuania
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
Poland
Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
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.
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
Similar To
Portuguese Language
Latvian
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2332
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
712
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1920
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
Ačiū
How Are You?
Que tal estás?
Kaip sekasi?
Good Night
Boas noites
Labanakt
Good Evening
Boa tarde
Labas vakaras
Good Afternoon
Boa tarde
Laba diena
Good Morning
Bos días
Labas rytas
Please
Por favor
Prašom
Sorry
Síntoo!
atsiprašau
Bye
Adeus
Ate
I Love You
Ámote
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
Perdoe!
Atsiprašau
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
Samogitian
Where They Speak
East Galicia
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Galician
Aukštaitian
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Western Galician
Curonian
Where They Speak
West Galicia
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
310
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
2.40 million3.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.40 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Galego
lietuvių kalba
Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
French Name
galicien
lituanien
German Name
Galicisch
Litauisch
Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
Ethnicity
Galician people
Lithuanians
Origin
c. 1175
c. 1503
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
Baltic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Galician
Lithuanian
Language Position
4644
1
120
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Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language
Lithuanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
gl
lt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
glg
lit
ISO 639 2/B
glg
lit
ISO 639 3
glg
lit
ISO 639 6
glg
lit
Glottocode
gali1258
lith1251
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab
54-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic