Countries
Galicia
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
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 in
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-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
  
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!
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
Galician and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Galician and Slovak language. Galician word for "Hello" is Ola or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Galician Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Galician vs Slovak Difficulty
The Galician vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician Alphabets and Slovak 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 Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is Not Available while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.