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Ukrainian vs Galician


Galician vs Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine  
Galicia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Ukraine  
Galicia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Russian and Belarusian Languages  
Portuguese Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
22  
12
19  
9

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  
Ola  

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  
Grazas  

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

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  
Boas noites  

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  
Boa tarde  

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  
Boa tarde  

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  
Bos días  

Please
будь ласк  
Por favor  

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)  
Síntoo!  

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)  
Adeus  

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

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  
Perdoe!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian  
Eastern Galician  

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

Dialect 2
Volynian  
Central Galician  

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn  
Central Galicia  

Dialect 3
Steppe  
Western Galician  

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  
West Galicia  

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.46 %  
30
Not Available  

Native Speakers
39.00 million  
25
2.40 million  
99+

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  
Galego  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Galego, Gallego  

French Name
ukrainien  
galicien  

German Name
Ukrainisch  
Galicisch  

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  
[ɡaˈleɣo]  

Ethnicity
Ukrainians  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1561  
c. 1175  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Eastern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian  
Galician  

Language Position
26  
22
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
uk  
gl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr  
glg  

ISO 639 2/B
ukr  
glg  

ISO 639 3
ukr  
glg  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
ukra1253  
gali1258  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  
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  

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Ukrainian and Galician Language History

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

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

Ukrainian vs Galician Difficulty

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

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