About Russian Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Russian is a popular East Slavic language. It is widely spoken in Russia and Eastern Europe. This is a part of the Indo-European language family and is among the four living East Slavic languages. Russian is the official language of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. Interestingly widely spoken in Ukraine, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and many other Baltic states. Russian is spoken by over 258 million speakers all over the world. It is written in the Cyrillic script. You can easily distinguish between consonant phonemes with palatal articulation. It has a combination of soft and hard sounds. This distinction is a prominent feature of Russian. Another aspect is the reduction of vowels that are not stressed. Some homographic words include замо́к (zamók – a 'lock') and за́мок (zámok – a 'castle'). You may not be able to indicate the pronunciation of uncommon words.
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 León. 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.
