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Galician vs Slovak


Slovak vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

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

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

Alphabets
23   
5
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
15   
12

How Many Consonants
19   
9
38   
27

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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Galician and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Slovak language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak Language History.

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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.

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