Countries
Galicia
  
European Union, Poland
  
National Language
Galicia
  
Poland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
  
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.
  
- Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
- The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  
Similar To
Portuguese Language
  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Polish-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
Ola
  
cześć
  
Thank You
Grazas
  
dziękuję
  
How Are You?
Que tal estás?
  
Jak się masz?
  
Good Night
Boas noites
  
dobranoc
  
Good Evening
Boa tarde
  
dobry wieczór
  
Good Afternoon
Boa tarde
  
dzień dobry
  
Good Morning
Bos días
  
Dzień dobry
  
Please
Por favor
  
proszę
  
Sorry
Síntoo!
  
Przepraszam
  
Bye
Adeus
  
do widzenia
  
I Love You
Ámote
  
kocham Cię
  
Excuse Me
Perdoe!
  
przepraszam
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
  
Kashubian
  
Where They Speak
East Galicia
  
Poland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
108,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Central Galician
  
Masovian
  
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
  
Poland
  
Dialect 3
Western Galician
  
Silesian
  
Where They Speak
West Galicia
  
Czech Republic, Poland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
2.40 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
31
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.40 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
Galego
  
Polski
  
Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego
  
Polnisch, Polski
  
French Name
galicien
  
polonais
  
German Name
Galicisch
  
Polnisch
  
Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]
  
[ˈpɔlski]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Poles
  
Origin
c. 1175
  
1270
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
Old Polish and Middle Polish
  
Standard Forms
Galician
  
Polish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
gl
  
pl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
glg
  
pol
  
ISO 639 2/B
glg
  
pol
  
ISO 639 3
glg
  
pol
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
pols
  
Glottocode
gali1258
  
poli1260
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab
  
53-AAA-cc
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Galician and Polish 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 Polish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Galician and Polish language. Galician word for "Hello" is Ola or Polish word for "Thank You" is dziękuję. Find more of such common Galician Greetings and Polish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Galician vs Polish Difficulty
The Galician vs Polish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician Alphabets and Polish 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 Polish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Polish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is Not Available while to learn Polish time required is 44 weeks.