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Galician vs Cebuano


Cebuano vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Galicia  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Philippines  

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)  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  

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.
  
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  

Similar To
Portuguese Language  
Hiligaynon Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Island of Cebu  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
23  
5
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks  
9
3 weeks  
1

Greetings

Hello
Ola  
Hoy  

Thank You
Grazas  
Salamat  

How Are You?
Que tal estás?  
Kumusta man ka?  

Good Night
Boas noites  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Evening
Boa tarde  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde  
Maayong Hapon  

Good Morning
Bos días  
Maayong Buntag  

Please
Por favor  
Palihug  

Sorry
Síntoo!  
Ikasubo ko  

Bye
Adeus  
Babay  

I Love You
Ámote  
Gihigugma ko ikaw  

Excuse Me
Perdoe!  
Ekskyus mi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician  
Boholano  

Where They Speak
East Galicia  
Bohol  

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Central Galician  
Southern Kana  

Where They Speak
Central Galicia  
southern Leyte  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Western Galician  
North Kana  

Where They Speak
West Galicia  
northern part of Leyte  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million  
99+
20.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
2.40 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
14.50 million  
35

Native Name
Galego  
Visayan  

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  

French Name
galicien  
cebuano  

German Name
Galicisch  
Cebuano  

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]  
[sɛbuˈɑno]  

Ethnicity
Galician people  
Cebuano people  

History

Origin
c. 1175  
16th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Galician  
Standard Cebuano  

Language Position
46  
99+
62  
99+

Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language  
Cebuano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gl  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg  
ceb  

ISO 639 2/B
glg  
ceb  

ISO 639 3
glg  
ceb  

ISO 639 6
glg  
ceb  

Glottocode
gali1258  
cebu1242  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Galician and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Cebuano language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 whereas history of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Galician and Cebuano Language History.

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Galician and Cebuano Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Galician and Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Galician and Cebuano language. Galician word for "Hello" is Ola or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Galician Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Galician vs Cebuano Difficulty

The Galician vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician Alphabets and Cebuano Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Galician and Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is 28 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.

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