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Galician and Persian


Persian and Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Galicia  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

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.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Portuguese Language  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
23  
5
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
19  
9
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ola  
سلام  

Thank You
Grazas  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Que tal estás?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
Boas noites  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
Boa tarde  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Bos días  
صبح به خیر  

Please
Por favor  
لطفا  

Sorry
Síntoo!  
متاسف  

Bye
Adeus  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Ámote  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Perdoe!  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
East Galicia  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Central Galician  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Central Galicia  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Western Galician  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
West Galicia  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
7,900,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million  
99+
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
2.40 million  
99+
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Galego  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
galicien  
persan  

German Name
Galicisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Galician people  
Persian people  

History

Origin
c. 1175  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Galician  
Persian  

Language Position
46  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gl  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
glg  
per  

ISO 639 3
glg  
pes  

ISO 639 6
glg  
pers  

Glottocode
gali1258  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Galician and Persian Speaking population

Galician and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Galician and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Galician and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Galician language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Galician vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Galician and Persian Language Codes

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

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