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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Galicia

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

Galicia

1.4 Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.5 Speaking Continents

Europe

1.6 Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.7 Regulated By

Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)

1.8 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.

1.9 Similar To

Portuguese Language

1.10 Derived From

Latin

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

23
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

7
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

19
Rank: 9 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Latin

2.5 Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

Ola

3.2 Thank You

Grazas

3.3 How Are You?

Que tal estás?

3.4 Good Night

Boas noites

3.5 Good Evening

Boa tarde

3.6 Good Afternoon

Boa tarde

3.7 Good Morning

Bos días

3.8 Please

Por favor

3.9 Sorry

Síntoo!

3.10 Bye

Adeus

3.11 I Love You

Ámote

3.12 Excuse Me

Perdoe!

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Eastern Galician

4.1.1 Where They Speak

East Galicia

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Central Galician

4.2.1 Where They Speak

Central Galicia

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Western Galician

4.3.1 Where They Speak

West Galicia

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

2.40 million
Rank: 79 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

2.40 million
Rank: 76 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

Galego

5.3.3 Alternative Names

Galego, Gallego

5.3.4 French Name

galicien

5.3.5 German Name

Galicisch

5.4 Pronunciation

[ɡaˈleɣo]

5.5 Ethnicity

Not Available

6 History

6.1 Origin

c. 1175

6.2 Language Family

Indo-European Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Not Available

6.2.2 Branch

Not Available

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

Medieval Galician

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Galician

6.3.3 Language Position

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Not Available

6.4 Scope

Individual

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

gl

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

glg

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

glg

7.3 ISO 639 3

glg

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

gali1258

7.6 Linguasphere

51-AAA-ab

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Not Available

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Not Available

Origin of Galician language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Galician language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Galician language states that it was put to use in c. 1175. The history of Galician language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Galician Language History.The evolution of Galician language began with early forms such as Medieval Galician. Galician is the standard form of Galician language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Galician Language.

Galician population

Galician population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Galician language. Galician language is spoken by 2.40 million people in the world. Most of the Galician population lies in the Galician Speaking Countries. Galician language is spoken as first language by 2.40 million people and no total count of people speaking Galician as second language. Get to know Galician speaking population in detail.

Galician writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Galician writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Galician language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Galician language. Learn more about . 

Information about Galician language

Check out all the information about Galician language here. You may find it interesting to learn Galician Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Galician Speaking Countries, Galician speaking continents and Galician Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Galician countries knowing common Galician Greetings will help you in communicating with Galician people.