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Galician and Slovak


Slovak and Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Galicia   
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)   
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Portuguese Language   
Czech Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Czech-Slovak Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
15   
12

How Many Consonants
19   
9
38   
27

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ola   
Ahoj   

Thank You
Grazas   
Ďakujem vám   

How Are You?
Que tal estás?   
Ako sa máte?   

Good Night
Boas noites   
Dobrú noc   

Good Evening
Boa tarde   
Dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde   
Dobré popoludnie   

Good Morning
Bos días   
Dobré ráno   

Please
Por favor   
Prosím   

Sorry
Síntoo!   
Pardón!   

Bye
Adeus   
Dovidenia   

I Love You
Ámote   
Ľúbim Ťa   

Excuse Me
Perdoe!   
Prepáčte!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician   
Eastern Slovak   

Where They Speak
East Galicia   
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   

Dialect 2
Central Galician   
Central Slovak   

Where They Speak
Central Galicia   
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   

Dialect 3
Western Galician   
Western Slovak   

Where They Speak
West Galicia   
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million   
99+
5.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
2.40 million   
99+
5.20 million   
99+

Native Name
Galego   
slovenčina   

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego   
Slovakian, Slovencina   

French Name
galicien   
slovaque   

German Name
Galicisch   
Slowakisch   

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Slovaks   

History

Origin
c. 1175   
6th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Proto-Slavic   

Standard Forms
Galician   
Slovak   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gl   
sk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg   
slk   

ISO 639 2/B
glg   
slo   

ISO 639 3
glg   
slk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gali1258   
slov1269   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab   
53-AAA-db   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Galician and Slovak Speaking population

Galician and Slovak speaking population is one of the factors based on which Galician and Slovak languages can be compared. The total count of Galician and Slovak Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Galician language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovak language is Not Available. 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 Galician and Slovak on Galician vs Slovak where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Galician and Slovak Language Codes

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

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