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English vs Galician


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
1  
14
33  
2

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
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
23  
5
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks  
9
6 weeks  
3

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
2,700,000.00  
99+
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Central Galician  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Central Galicia  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Galician  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
West Galicia  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
2.40 million  
99+
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
400.00 million  
1

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
46  
99+
3  
3

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  

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Galician and English Language History

Comparison of Galician vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and English language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 English Language History.

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Galician and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Galician and English language. Galician word for "Hello" is Ola or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Galician Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Galician vs English Difficulty

The Galician vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is 28 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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