Countries
Galicia
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Galicia
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Portuguese Language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Latin
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2326
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1921
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ola
Hello
Thank You
Grazas
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Que tal estás?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Boas noites
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Boa tarde
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Boa tarde
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Bos días
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Por favor
Fadlan
Sorry
Síntoo!
sorry
Bye
Adeus
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Ámote
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Perdoe!
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
East Galicia
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
2,700,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Galician
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Western Galician
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
West Galicia
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
2.40 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.40 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Galego
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
galicien
somali
German Name
Galicisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Galician people
Somalis
Origin
c. 1175
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Galician
Somali
Language Position
4683
1
120
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Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
gl
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
glg
som
ISO 639 2/B
glg
som
ISO 639 3
glg
som
ISO 639 6
glg
som
Glottocode
gali1258
soma1255
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-