Countries
Galicia
  
Ukraine
  
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 in
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
2.40 million
  
99+
39.00 million
  
32
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.