Countries
Galicia
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Galicia
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Palau
Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Portuguese Language
Korean Language
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2399
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1914
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kana
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ola
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Grazas
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Que tal estás?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Boas noites
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Boa tarde
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Boa tarde
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Bos días
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
Por favor
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
Síntoo!
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
Adeus
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Ámote
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Perdoe!
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
Sanuki
Where They Speak
East Galicia
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
2,700,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Galician
Hakata
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Galician
Kansai
Where They Speak
West Galicia
kansai
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
331
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
2.40 million128.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %1.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.40 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Galego
日本語
Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego
Nihongo
French Name
galicien
japonais
German Name
Galicisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Galician people
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
c. 1175
1185
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Galician
Japanese
Language Position
468
1
120
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Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
gl
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
glg
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
glg
jpn
ISO 639 3
glg
jpn
ISO 639 6
glg
jpn
Glottocode
gali1258
nucl1643
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic