Countries
Galicia
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
Galicia
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
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.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Portuguese Language
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
Latin
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2331
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
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
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Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ola
alo
Thank You
Grazas
multumesc
How Are You?
Que tal estás?
ce mai faci?
Good Night
Boas noites
noapte Buna
Good Evening
Boa tarde
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
Boa tarde
buna Ziua
Good Morning
Bos días
bună Dimineața
Please
Por favor
Vă Rog
Sorry
Síntoo!
scuze
Bye
Adeus
La revedere
I Love You
Ámote
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
Perdoe!
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
Aromanian
Where They Speak
East Galicia
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00250,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Galician
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.005,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Galician
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
West Galicia
Croatia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,400.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
310
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
2.40 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.05 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
2.40 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Galego
Română
Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
galicien
roumain; moldave
German Name
Galicisch
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Galician people
Romanians
Origin
c. 1175
1521
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Galician
Romanian
Language Position
4636
1
120
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Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
gl
ro
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
glg
ron
ISO 639 2/B
glg
rum
ISO 639 3
glg
ron
ISO 639 6
glg
ron
Glottocode
gali1258
roma1327
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab
51-AAD-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic