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Galician vs Tagalog


Tagalog vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Galicia  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Filipinos  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Australia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  

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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
Portuguese Language  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Baybayin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ola  
Kamusta  

Thank You
Grazas  
Salamat po  

How Are You?
Que tal estás?  
Kamusta ka na?  

Good Night
Boas noites  
Magandang gabi  

Good Evening
Boa tarde  
Magandang gabi po  

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde  
Magandang hapon po  

Good Morning
Bos días  
Magandang umaga po  

Please
Por favor  
pakiusap  

Sorry
Síntoo!  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
Adeus  
Paálam  

I Love You
Ámote  
Iniibig kita  

Excuse Me
Perdoe!  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician  
Batangas Tagalog  

Where They Speak
East Galicia  
Batangas, Gabon  

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Central Galician  
Bisalog  

Where They Speak
Central Galicia  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Western Galician  
Filipino  

Where They Speak
West Galicia  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million  
99+
73.00 million  
24

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
2.40 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
45.00 million  
19

Native Name
Galego  
Tagalog  

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego  
Filipino, Pilipino  

French Name
galicien  
tagalog  

German Name
Galicisch  
Tagalog  

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  

Ethnicity
Galician people  
Tagalog people  

History

Origin
c. 1175  
1593  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  

Standard Forms
Galician  
Filipino  

Language Position
46  
99+
58  
99+

Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language  
Signed Tagalog  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gl  
t1  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg  
tgl  

ISO 639 2/B
glg  
tgl  

ISO 639 3
glg  
tg1  

ISO 639 6
glg  
tgl  

Glottocode
gali1258  
taga1269  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab  
31-CKA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Galician and Tagalog Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Tagalog language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Tagalog language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 whereas history of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593. 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 Tagalog Language History.

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

Galician vs Tagalog Difficulty

The Galician vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician Alphabets and Tagalog 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 Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is 28 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.

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