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Galician vs Italian


Italian vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
Galicia  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Portuguese Language  
French and Portuguese Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Italian-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  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks  
9
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Ola  
ciao  

Thank You
Grazas  
grazie  

How Are You?
Que tal estás?  
Come stai?  

Good Night
Boas noites  
buonanotte  

Good Evening
Boa tarde  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
Bos días  
buongiorno  

Please
Por favor  
Per Favore  

Sorry
Síntoo!  
scusate  

Bye
Adeus  
arrivederci  

I Love You
Ámote  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
Perdoe!  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician  
Romanesco  

Where They Speak
East Galicia  
Lazio  

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Galician  
Central Italian  

Where They Speak
Central Galicia  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Galician  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
West Galicia  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million  
99+
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.90 %  
23

Native Speakers
2.40 million  
99+
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
14.00 million  
36

Native Name
Galego  
Italiano  

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego  
Italiano  

French Name
galicien  
italien  

German Name
Galicisch  
Italienisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]  
[itaˈljaːno]  

Ethnicity
Galician people  
Italians  

History

Origin
c. 1175  
960 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Galician  
Italian  

Language Position
46  
99+
27  
25

Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gl  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
glg  
ita  

ISO 639 3
glg  
ita  

ISO 639 6
glg  
itas  

Glottocode
gali1258  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab  
51-AAA-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Galician and Italian Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Italian language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

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

Galician vs Italian Difficulty

The Galician vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is 28 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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