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Galician vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Galicia   
Ukraine   

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   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian 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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Portuguese Language   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
19   
9
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ola   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Grazas   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Que tal estás?   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
Boas noites   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
Boa tarde   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
Bos días   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
Por favor   
будь ласк   

Sorry
Síntoo!   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
Adeus   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
Ámote   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Perdoe!   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
East Galicia   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

Dialect 2
Central Galician   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Central Galicia   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Western Galician   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
West Galicia   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million   
99+
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
2.40 million   
99+
39.00 million   
25

Native Name
Galego   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego   
Not Available   

French Name
galicien   
ukrainien   

German Name
Galicisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
c. 1175   
1561   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Galician   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
Not Available   
26   
22

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gl   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
glg   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
glg   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gali1258   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

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 Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Ukrainian language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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

Galician vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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