Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
Galicia
  
National Language
Austria
  
Galicia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
  
Interesting Facts
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
- 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
Serbain and Bosnian
  
Portuguese Language
  
Derived From
Church Slavonic
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
bok
  
Ola
  
Thank You
hvala
  
Grazas
  
How Are You?
kako si
  
Que tal estás?
  
Good Night
laku noć
  
Boas noites
  
Good Evening
dobra večer
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Afternoon
dobar dan
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Morning
dobro jutro
  
Bos días
  
Please
molim
  
Por favor
  
Sorry
Oprostite
  
Síntoo!
  
Bye
Doviđenja
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
Volim te
  
Ámote
  
Excuse Me
Ispričavam se
  
Perdoe!
  
Dialect 1
Chakavian
  
Eastern Galician
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
East Galicia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Chakavian
  
Central Galician
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Central Galicia
  
Dialect 3
Shtokavian
  
Western Galician
  
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
  
West Galicia
  
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
89.00 million
  
18
2.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.60 million
  
99+
2.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
1.25 million
  
36
Not Available
  
Native Name
hrvatski
  
Galego
  
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
  
Galego, Gallego
  
French Name
croate
  
galicien
  
German Name
Kroatisch
  
Galicisch
  
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
  
[ɡaˈleɣo]
  
Ethnicity
Croats
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th century
  
c. 1175
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
  
Galician
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hr
  
gl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hrv
  
glg
  
ISO 639 2/B
hrv
  
glg
  
ISO 639 3
hrv
  
glg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
croa1245
  
gali1258
  
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
  
51-AAA-ab
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Croatian and Galician Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Croatian and Galician greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Croatian and Galician language. Croatian word for "Hello" is bok or Galician word for "Thank You" is Grazas. Find more of such common Croatian Greetings and Galician Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Croatian vs Galician Difficulty
The Croatian vs Galician difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian Alphabets and Galician Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Croatian and Galician are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Galician, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Galician time required is Not Available.