Countries
Countries
Galicia
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Galicia
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Portuguese Language
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2326
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
724
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1923
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Ola
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Grazas
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Que tal estás?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Boas noites
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Boa tarde
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Boa tarde
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Bos días
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
Por favor
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
Síntoo!
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
Adeus
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Ámote
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Perdoe!
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
Mandarin
Where They Speak
East Galicia
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Galician
Wu
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0080,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Galician
Yue
Where They Speak
West Galicia
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0060,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
310
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
2.40 million1,051.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %16.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.40 million873.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million178.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Galego
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
galicien
chinois
German Name
Galicisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Galician people
Han
History
Origin
c. 1175
1250 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Galician
Standard Chinese
Language Position
461
1
120
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Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
gl
zh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
glg
zho
ISO 639 2/B
glg
chi
ISO 639 3
glg
zho
ISO 639 6
glg
zho
Glottocode
gali1258
sini1245
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab
79-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating