Countries
Galicia
Norway
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Galicia
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Portuguese Language
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2329
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
79
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
44
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ola
hallo
Thank You
Grazas
takk
How Are You?
Que tal estás?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Boas noites
god natt
Good Evening
Boa tarde
god kveld
Good Afternoon
Boa tarde
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
Bos días
god morgen
Please
Por favor
Vær så snill
Sorry
Síntoo!
unnskyld
Bye
Adeus
ha det
I Love You
Ámote
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Perdoe!
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
East Galicia
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
2,700,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Galician
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
Sogn
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Galician
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
West Galicia
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.005,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
319
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
2.40 million5.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.40 million5.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Galego
Norsk
Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego
Norsk
French Name
galicien
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Galicisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Galician people
Norwegians
Origin
c. 1175
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Germanic
Branch
-
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Galician
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
4618
1
120
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Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
gl
no
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
glg
nor
ISO 639 2/B
glg
nor
ISO 639 3
glg
nor
ISO 639 6
glg
nor
Glottocode
gali1258
norw1258
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional