Countries
Galicia
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Galicia
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Portuguese Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Alphabets in
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Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Grazas
obrigado
How Are You?
Que tal estás?
Como você está?
Good Night
Boas noites
boa noite
Good Evening
Boa tarde
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
Boa tarde
boa Tarde
Good Morning
Bos días
bom Dia
Please
Por favor
Por Favor
I Love You
Ámote
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Perdoe!
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
East Galicia
Brazil
Dialect 2
Central Galician
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
Portugal
Dialect 3
Western Galician
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
West Galicia
Daman and Diu
Native Name
Galego
Português
Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego
Português
French Name
galicien
portugais
German Name
Galicisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Galician people
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
c. 1175
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Galician
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
gali1258
port1283
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Galician and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Galician and Portuguese language. Galician word for "Hello" is Ola or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Galician Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Galician vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Galician vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is 28 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.