Countries
Galicia
Sri Lanka
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Galicia
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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 Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Portuguese Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2354
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
718
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1936
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
42
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ola
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
Grazas
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Que tal estás?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Boas noites
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Boa tarde
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Boa tarde
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Bos días
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Por favor
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Síntoo!
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
Adeus
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
Ámote
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Perdoe!
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
Vedda
Where They Speak
East Galicia
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
2,700,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Galician
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
-
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Galician
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
West Galicia
-
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0016,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
31
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
2.40 million16.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.05 %0.25 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
2.40 million16.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Galego
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
galicien
singhalais
German Name
Galicisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Galician people
Sinhalese people
Origin
c. 1175
3
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Galician
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
4670
1
120
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Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
gl
si
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
glg
sin
ISO 639 2/B
glg
sin
ISO 639 3
glg
sin
ISO 639 6
glg
sin
Glottocode
gali1258
sinh1246
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional