About Galician Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Galician is an Indo-European language and consists of the Western Ibero-Romance branch. This language is spoken by 2.4 million people in the world. However, it is mainly spoken in Galicia that is a small community located in northwest Spain. Galician is also spoken in other border zones of Spanish regions of Asturias and Castile and Le├│n. Most of the Galician migrants also speak this language while Latin America and Puerto Rico also use it for communication. There is a diverse range of dialects that are used in both north and south of Galician- Portuguese. It is also written in the texts from the 13 century and the two dialects are quite similar to each other. This language contains few words of Germanic and Celtic origin. Some other words are incorporated from Spanish that also include several nouns.
About Odia (Oriya) Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Odia language is an Indo-Aryan language. It is spoken by 50 million speakers as this language is recognized officially. The Indian constitution is using this language officially for its purposes. Odia is also the official language of Odisha (Oriya) which is a prominent Indian state. This language has several dialects but Mughalbandi (Coastal Odia) happens to be the standard dialect. It is also the official language for education in this state. Odia belongs to the eastern group of the Indo-Aryan family. It is derived from Ardhamagadhi Prakrit. You will be surprised to know that Odia shares a lot of similarities with Bengali. Even the first classic poetry started to shape up with this language. This language is heavily inspired by Dravidian languages. The lexicon is also associated with Tamil, Telugu, and Marathi.
