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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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