Countries
European Union, Poland
  
Galicia
  
National Language
Poland
  
Galicia
  
Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
  
Interesting Facts
- Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
- The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
  
Portuguese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Galician-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
cześć
  
Ola
  
Thank You
dziękuję
  
Grazas
  
How Are You?
Jak się masz?
  
Que tal estás?
  
Good Night
dobranoc
  
Boas noites
  
Good Evening
dobry wieczór
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Afternoon
dzień dobry
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Morning
Dzień dobry
  
Bos días
  
Please
proszę
  
Por favor
  
Sorry
Przepraszam
  
Síntoo!
  
Bye
do widzenia
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
kocham Cię
  
Ámote
  
Excuse Me
przepraszam
  
Perdoe!
  
Dialect 1
Kashubian
  
Eastern Galician
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
East Galicia
  
How Many People Speak
108,000.00
  
99+
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Masovian
  
Central Galician
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
Central Galicia
  
Dialect 3
Silesian
  
Western Galician
  
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland
  
West Galicia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
2.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
2.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
Polski
  
Galego
  
Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski
  
Galego, Gallego
  
French Name
polonais
  
galicien
  
German Name
Polnisch
  
Galicisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]
  
[ɡaˈleɣo]
  
Ethnicity
Poles
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1270
  
c. 1175
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Polish
  
Galician
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pl
  
gl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pol
  
glg
  
ISO 639 2/B
pol
  
glg
  
ISO 639 3
pol
  
glg
  
ISO 639 6
pols
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
poli1260
  
gali1258
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc
  
51-AAA-ab
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Polish and Galician 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 Polish and Galician greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Polish and Galician language. Polish word for "Hello" is cześć or Galician word for "Thank You" is Grazas. Find more of such common Polish Greetings and Galician Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Polish vs Galician Difficulty
The Polish vs Galician difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and Galician 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 Polish and Galician are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and Galician, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn Galician time required is Not Available.