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Countries

Countries

Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
Galicia

Total No. Of Countries

461
0 46
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National Language

Spain
Galicia

Second Language

Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Europe

Minority Language

Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)

Interesting Facts

  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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

French Language
Portuguese Language

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2723
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2219
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

24 weeks28 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hola
Ola

Thank You

Gracias
Grazas

How Are You?

Cómo estás?
Que tal estás?

Good Night

Buenas Noches
Boas noites

Good Evening

Bonne soirée
Boa tarde

Good Afternoon

Buenas Tardes
Boa tarde

Good Morning

Buenos Días
Bos días

Please

Por Favor
Por favor

Sorry

triste
Síntoo!

Bye

adiós
Adeus

I Love You

Te Quiero
Ámote

Excuse Me

Discúlpeme
Perdoe!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Mexican Spanish
Eastern Galician

Where They Speak

Mexico
East Galicia

How Many People Speak

105,000,000.002,700,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Cuban Spanish
Central Galician

Where They Speak

Cuba
Central Galicia

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.002,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Puerto Rican Spanish
Western Galician

Where They Speak

Puerto Rico
West Galicia

How Many People Speak

3,900,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

213
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

489.00 million2.40 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

6.15 %0.05 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

410.00 million2.40 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

89.50 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Español
Galego

Alternative Names

Castellano, Castilian, Español
Galego, Gallego

French Name

espagnol; castillan
galicien

German Name

Spanisch
Galicisch

Pronunciation

[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
[ɡaˈleɣo]

Ethnicity

Spanish people
Galician people

History

Origin

210 BC
c. 1175

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
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Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Spanish and Spanish
Medieval Galician

Standard Forms

Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Galician

Language Position

246
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Spanish
Galician Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

es
gl

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

spa
glg

ISO 639 2/B

spa
glg

ISO 639 3

spa
glg

ISO 639 6

spa
glg

Glottocode

stan1288
gali1258

Linguasphere

51-AAA-b
51-AAA-ab

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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Spanish and Galician Alphabets

Spanish and Galician Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Spanish and Galician. In Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Galician Alphabets there are 23 letters. To learn Spanish and Galician languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Spanish and Galician languages. The Spanish phonology consist Spanish vowels and Spanish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Spanish greetings vs Galician greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Spanish and Galician are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Spanish and Galician Speaking population

Spanish and Galician speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Galician languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Galician Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Galician on Spanish vs Galician where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Galician Language Codes

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