Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Galicia
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Galicia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- 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 Language
  
Portuguese Language
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Slovak-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
Ahoj
  
Ola
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
Grazas
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Que tal estás?
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
Boas noites
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
Bos días
  
Please
Prosím
  
Por favor
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
Síntoo!
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Ámote
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
Perdoe!
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Eastern Galician
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
East Galicia
  
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Central Galician
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Central Galicia
  
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Western Galician
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
West Galicia
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
2.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
2.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
slovenčina
  
Galego
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Galego, Gallego
  
French Name
slovaque
  
galicien
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Galicisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɡaˈleɣo]
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Not Available
  
Origin
6th Century
  
c. 1175
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Galician
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
gl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
glg
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
glg
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
glg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
gali1258
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
51-AAA-ab
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Slovak 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 Slovak and Galician greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Galician language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Galician word for "Thank You" is Grazas. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Galician Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Galician Difficulty
The Slovak vs Galician difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak 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 Slovak and Galician are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Galician, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Galician time required is Not Available.