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Countries

Countries

Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Galicia

Total No. Of Countries

71
0 46
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National Language

Germany
Galicia

Second Language

North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Council for German Orthography
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)

Interesting Facts

  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  • 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.

Similar To

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Portuguese Language

Derived From

Albanian Languages
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2623
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

107
0 32
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How Many Consonants

919
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

64
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks28 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hallo
Ola

Thank You

Danke
Grazas

How Are You?

Wie geht es dir?
Que tal estás?

Good Night

gute Nacht
Boas noites

Good Evening

guten Abend
Boa tarde

Good Afternoon

guten Tag
Boa tarde

Good Morning

guten Morgen
Bos días

Please

bitte
Por favor

Sorry

Verzeihung
Síntoo!

Bye

Tschüs
Adeus

I Love You

Ich liebe dich
Ámote

Excuse Me

Entschuldigung
Perdoe!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Swiss German
Eastern Galician

Where They Speak

Switzerland
East Galicia

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.002,700,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Swabian German
Central Galician

Where They Speak

Germany
Central Galicia

How Many People Speak

820,000.002,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Texas German
Western Galician

Where They Speak

Texas
West Galicia

How Many People Speak

6,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

283
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

229.00 million2.40 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.39 %0.05 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

101.00 million2.40 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

128.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Deutsch
Galego

Alternative Names

Deutsch, Tedesco
Galego, Gallego

French Name

allemand
galicien

German Name

Deutsch
Galicisch

Pronunciation

[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[ɡaˈleɣo]

Ethnicity

Germans
Galician people

History

Origin

6th Century AD
c. 1175

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Germanic
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Branch

Western
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Medieval Galician

Standard Forms

German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Galician

Language Position

946
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed German
Galician Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

de
gl

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

deu
glg

ISO 639 2/B

ger
glg

ISO 639 3

deu
glg

ISO 639 6

deus
glg

Glottocode

high1287, uppe1397
gali1258

Linguasphere

52-ACB–dl & -dm
51-AAA-ab

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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German and Galician Alphabets

German and Galician Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in German and Galician. In German Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Galician Alphabets there are 23 letters. To learn German and Galician languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of German and Galician languages. The German phonology consist German vowels and German consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at German greetings vs Galician greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether German and Galician are Most Spoken Languages.

All German and Galician Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all German and Galician dialects. Various dialects of German and Galician language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Galician Dialects are spoken in different Galician speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Galician Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Galician dialects include: Eastern Galician , Central Galician. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

German and Galician Speaking population

German and Galician speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Galician languages can be compared. The total count of German and Galician Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Galician language is 0.05 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak German and Galician on German vs Galician where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Galician Language Codes

German and Galician language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Galician Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.