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Countries

Countries

Galicia
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

Total No. Of Countries

14
0 46
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National Language

Galicia
Russia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan

Speaking Continents

Europe
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Regulated By

Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.

Similar To

Portuguese Language
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages

Derived From

Latin
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2333
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

710
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1921
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Cyrillic

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 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ola
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)

Thank You

Grazas
спасибо(spasibo)

How Are You?

Que tal estás?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)

Good Night

Boas noites
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)

Good Evening

Boa tarde
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)

Good Afternoon

Boa tarde
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')

Good Morning

Bos días
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)

Please

Por favor
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)

Sorry

Síntoo!
Извините(Izvinite)

Bye

Adeus
до свидания(do svidaniya)

I Love You

Ámote
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)

Excuse Me

Perdoe!
извините(izvinite)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Galician
Doukhobor Russian

Where They Speak

East Galicia
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan

How Many People Speak

2,700,000.0030,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Galician
Olonets

Where They Speak

Central Galicia
Olonets

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.00154,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Western Galician
Novgorod

Where They Speak

West Galicia
Novgorod

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00154,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

313
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

2.40 million276.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.05 %2.33 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

2.40 million166.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million110.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Galego
Русский

Alternative Names

Galego, Gallego
Russki

French Name

galicien
russe

German Name

Galicisch
Russisch

Pronunciation

[ɡaˈleɣo]
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]

Ethnicity

Galician people
Russians

History

Origin

c. 1175
1000 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family

Subgroup

-
Slavic

Branch

-
Eastern

Language Forms

Early Forms

Medieval Galician
Old East Slavic

Standard Forms

Galician
Standard Russian

Language Position

467
1 120
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Signed Forms

Galician Sign Language
Signed Russian

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

gl
ru

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

glg
rus

ISO 639 2/B

glg
rus

ISO 639 3

glg
rus

ISO 639 6

glg
rus

Glottocode

gali1258
russ1263

Linguasphere

51-AAA-ab
53-AAA-ea

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Galician and Russian Alphabets

Galician and Russian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Galician and Russian. In Galician Alphabets there are 23 letters while in Russian Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Galician and Russian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Galician and Russian languages. The Galician phonology consist Galician vowels and Galician consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Galician greetings vs Russian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Galician and Russian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Galician and Russian Speaking population

Galician and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Galician and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Galician and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Galician language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Galician vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Galician and Russian Language Codes

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