Countries
Countries
Galicia
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
133
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Galicia
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
-
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Portuguese Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Derived From
Latin
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2326
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1921
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
47
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks6 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Ola
Hello
Thank You
Grazas
Thank you
How Are You?
Que tal estás?
How are you?
Good Night
Boas noites
Good Night
Good Evening
Boa tarde
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
Boa tarde
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
Bos días
Good Morning
Please
Por favor
Please
Sorry
Síntoo!
Sorry
Bye
Adeus
Bye
I Love You
Ámote
I love you
Excuse Me
Perdoe!
Excuse Me
Dialects
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
American English
Where They Speak
East Galicia
United States of America
How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Galician
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.004,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Western Galician
Welsh English
Where They Speak
West Galicia
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.002,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3188
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
2.40 million1,200.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %5.43 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.40 million400.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million400.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Galego
English
Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego
English
French Name
galicien
anglais
German Name
Galicisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Galician people
English people
History
Origin
c. 1175
5th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Galician
Standard English
Language Position
463
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
gl
en
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
glg
eng
ISO 639 2/B
glg
eng
ISO 639 3
glg
eng
ISO 639 6
glg
engs
Glottocode
gali1258
stan1293
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab
52-ABA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic