Countries
Galicia
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Galicia
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Portuguese Language
Hindi
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2348
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
712
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1936
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
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
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
Grazas
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
Que tal estás?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
Boas noites
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
Boa tarde
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Boa tarde
Good afternoon
Good Morning
Bos días
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
Por favor
कृपया
Sorry
Síntoo!
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
Adeus
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
Ámote
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
Perdoe!
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
Doteli
Where They Speak
East Galicia
Nepal
How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00790,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Galician
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0017,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Galician
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
West Galicia
Nepal
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0017,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
312
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
2.40 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.25 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.40 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Galego
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
galicien
népalais
German Name
Galicisch
Nepali
Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Galician people
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
c. 1175
19 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Galician
Nepali
Language Position
4659
1
120
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Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
gl
ne
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
glg
nep
ISO 639 2/B
glg
nep
ISO 639 3
glg
npi
ISO 639 6
glg
nep
Glottocode
gali1258
nepa1254
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab
12
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative