Countries
Galicia
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Galicia
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Portuguese Language
Armenian
Derived From
Latin
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2324
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1917
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ola
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Grazas
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Que tal estás?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Boas noites
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Boa tarde
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Boa tarde
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Bos días
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Por favor
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Síntoo!
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Adeus
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Ámote
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Perdoe!
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
East Galicia
Greece
How Many People Speak
2,700,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Galician
Griko
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
Italy
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0050,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Galician
Mariupol
Where They Speak
West Galicia
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
325
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
2.40 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.18 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.40 million13.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Galego
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
galicien
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Galicisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Galician people
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
c. 1175
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Hellenic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Galician
Modern Greek
Language Position
4674
1
120
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Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
gl
el
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
glg
ell
ISO 639 2/B
glg
gre
ISO 639 3
glg
ell
ISO 639 6
glg
ells
Glottocode
gali1258
gree1276
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab
56-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic