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Galician vs Serbian


Serbian vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Galicia  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, 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  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Portuguese Language  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ola  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Grazas  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

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

Good Night
Boas noites  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
Boa tarde  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
Bos días  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
Por favor  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
Síntoo!  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
Adeus  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
Ámote  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
Perdoe!  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
East Galicia  
Southeastern Serbia  

Dialect 2
Central Galician  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Central Galicia  
Serbia  

Dialect 3
Western Galician  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
West Galicia  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,500,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
2.40 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Galego  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego  
Montenegrin  

French Name
galicien  
serbe  

German Name
Galicisch  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Serbs  

History

Origin
c. 1175  
11th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Galician  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
Not Available  
44  
33

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gl  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
glg  
srp  

ISO 639 3
glg  
srp  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
gali1258  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Galician and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Serbian language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century. 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 Serbian Language History.

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

Galician vs Serbian Difficulty

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

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