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Galician vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Galicia   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, 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   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

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.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Portuguese Language   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
19   
9
26   
16

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ola   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Grazas   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
Que tal estás?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
Boas noites   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
Boa tarde   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
Bos días   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
Por favor   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
Síntoo!   
жал (žal)   

Bye
Adeus   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
Ámote   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
Perdoe!   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
East Galicia   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Central Galician   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Central Galicia   
Macedonia   

Dialect 3
Western Galician   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
West Galicia   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
28   
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
2.40 million   
99+
2.50 million   
99+

Native Name
Galego   
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
galicien   
macédonien   

German Name
Galicisch   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
c. 1175   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Galician   
Macedonian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gl   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
glg   
mac   

ISO 639 3
glg   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gali1258   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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Galician and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Macedonian language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 whereas history of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Galician and Macedonian Language History.

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Galician and Macedonian 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 Galician and Macedonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Galician and Macedonian language. Galician word for "Hello" is Ola or Macedonian word for "Thank You" is Благодарам (Blagodaram). Find more of such common Galician Greetings and Macedonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Galician vs Macedonian Difficulty

The Galician vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician Alphabets and Macedonian 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 Galician and Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is Not Available while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.

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