Countries
Galicia
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
Galicia
Russia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Portuguese Language
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Latin
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Ola
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Grazas
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Que tal estás?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
Boas noites
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
Boa tarde
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
Boa tarde
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
Bos días
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
Por favor
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
Síntoo!
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
Adeus
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
Ámote
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Perdoe!
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
East Galicia
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Dialect 2
Central Galician
Olonets
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
Olonets
Dialect 3
Western Galician
Novgorod
Where They Speak
West Galicia
Novgorod
Native Name
Galego
Русский
Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego
Russki
French Name
galicien
russe
German Name
Galicisch
Russisch
Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Galician people
Russians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Galician
Standard Russian
Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
gali1258
russ1263
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic
Galician and Russian 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 Russian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Galician and Russian language. Galician word for "Hello" is Ola or Russian word for "Thank You" is спасибо(spasibo). Find more of such common Galician Greetings and Russian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Galician vs Russian Difficulty
The Galician vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician Alphabets and Russian 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 Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is 28 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.