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Russian and Galician


Galician and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Galicia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Russia  
Galicia  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Portuguese Language  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
28 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Ola  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
Grazas  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Que tal estás?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Boas noites  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
Boa tarde  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
Boa tarde  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
Bos días  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
Por favor  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
Síntoo!  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Adeus  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Ámote  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
Perdoe!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Eastern Galician  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
East Galicia  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Central Galician  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Central Galicia  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Western Galician  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
West Galicia  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
2.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
2.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Русский  
Galego  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Galego, Gallego  

French Name
russe  
galicien  

German Name
Russisch  
Galicisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[ɡaˈleɣo]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Galician people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
c. 1175  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Galician  

Language Position
7  
7
46  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Galician Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
gl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
glg  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
glg  

ISO 639 3
rus  
glg  

ISO 639 6
rus  
glg  

Glottocode
russ1263  
gali1258  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
51-AAA-ab  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Russian and Galician Speaking population

Russian and Galician speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Galician languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Galician Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Galician on Russian vs Galician where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Galician Language Codes

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

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