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Galician vs Swahili


Swahili vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Galicia  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Portuguese Language  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
23  
5
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks  
9
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Ola  
Habari  

Thank You
Grazas  
Asante  

How Are You?
Que tal estás?  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
Boas noites  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
Boa tarde  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
Bos días  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
Por favor  
tafadhali  

Sorry
Síntoo!  
pole  

Bye
Adeus  
bye  

I Love You
Ámote  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
Perdoe!  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
East Galicia  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Central Galician  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Central Galicia  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Western Galician  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
West Galicia  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million  
99+
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
2.40 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
75.00 million  
14

Native Name
Galego  
Kiswahili  

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
galicien  
swahili  

German Name
Galicisch  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]  
[swaˈhili]  

Ethnicity
Galician people  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
c. 1175  
6th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Galician  
Swahili  

Language Position
46  
99+
21  
19

Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language  
Swahili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
gl  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
glg  
swa  

ISO 639 3
glg  
swa  

ISO 639 6
glg  
swa  

Glottocode
gali1258  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Galician and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Swahili language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 whereas history of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century. 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 Swahili Language History.

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

Galician vs Swahili Difficulty

The Galician vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is 28 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.

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