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Galician vs Polish


Polish vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
23   
5
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
19   
9
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million   
99+
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.61 %   
25

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   

History

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   
24   
20

Signed Forms
Not Available   
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Galician and Polish Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Polish language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 whereas history of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270. 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 Polish Language History.

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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.

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