Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Galicia
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Moldova, Romania
Galicia
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Interesting Facts
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
- 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Portuguese Language
Derived From
Latin
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3123
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2019
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks28 weeks
3
88
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Hello
alo
Ola
Thank You
multumesc
Grazas
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
Que tal estás?
Good Night
noapte Buna
Boas noites
Good Evening
buna Seara
Boa tarde
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
Boa tarde
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
Bos días
Please
Vă Rog
Por favor
Sorry
scuze
Síntoo!
Bye
La revedere
Adeus
I Love You
Te iubesc
Ámote
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
Perdoe!
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Eastern Galician
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
East Galicia
How Many People Speak
250,000.002,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Central Galician
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Central Galicia
How Many People Speak
5,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Western Galician
Where They Speak
Croatia
West Galicia
How Many People Speak
1,400.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
103
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million2.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million2.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Română
Galego
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
Galego, Gallego
French Name
roumain; moldave
galicien
German Name
Rumänisch
Galicisch
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
[ɡaˈleɣo]
Ethnicity
Romanians
Galician people
Origin
1521
c. 1175
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Romanian
Galician
Language Position
3646
1
120
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Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Galician Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ro
gl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ron
glg
ISO 639 2/B
rum
glg
ISO 639 3
ron
glg
ISO 639 6
ron
glg
Glottocode
roma1327
gali1258
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
51-AAA-ab
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-