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Galician



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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Galicia

Total No. Of Countries

31
0 46
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National Language

Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Galicia

Second Language

Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)

Interesting Facts

  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  • 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

Armenian
Portuguese Language

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2423
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

77
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1719
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, 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

44 weeks28 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)
Ola

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Grazas

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Que tal estás?

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Boas noites

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Boa tarde

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Boa tarde

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Bos días

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Por favor

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Síntoo!

Bye

αντίο (antío)
Adeus

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Ámote

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Perdoe!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Eastern Galician

Where They Speak

Greece
East Galicia

How Many People Speak

2,800.002,700,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Central Galician

Where They Speak

Italy
Central Galicia

How Many People Speak

50,000.002,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Western Galician

Where They Speak

Ukraine
West Galicia

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

253
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million2.40 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.05 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million2.40 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
Galego

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Galego, Gallego

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
galicien

German Name

Neugriechisch
Galicisch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[ɡaˈleɣo]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Galician people

History

Origin

1500 BC
c. 1175

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
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Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Medieval Galician

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Galician

Language Position

7446
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Galician Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
gl

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
glg

ISO 639 2/B

gre
glg

ISO 639 3

ell
glg

ISO 639 6

ells
glg

Glottocode

gree1276
gali1258

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
51-AAA-ab

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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Greek and Galician Alphabets

Greek and Galician Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Galician. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Galician Alphabets there are 23 letters. To learn Greek and Galician languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Galician languages. The Greek phonology consist Greek vowels and Greek consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Greek greetings vs Galician greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Galician are Most Spoken Languages.

All Greek 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 Greek and Galician dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Galician language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Galician Dialects are spoken in different Galician speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Galician Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Galician dialects include: Eastern Galician , Central Galician. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Greek and Galician Speaking population

Greek and Galician speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Galician languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Galician Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % 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 Greek and Galician on Greek vs Galician where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Galician Language Codes

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