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Croatian vs Galician


Galician vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Galicia  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
1  
14

National Language
Austria  
Galicia  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian  
Portuguese Language  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
25  
15
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
28 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
bok  
Ola  

Thank You
hvala  
Grazas  

How Are You?
kako si  
Que tal estás?  

Good Night
laku noć  
Boas noites  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
Boa tarde  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
Boa tarde  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
Bos días  

Please
molim  
Por favor  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Síntoo!  

Bye
Doviđenja  
Adeus  

I Love You
Volim te  
Ámote  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Perdoe!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Eastern Galician  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
East Galicia  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Central Galician  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Central Galicia  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Western Galician  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
West Galicia  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
2.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
2.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
hrvatski  
Galego  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Galego, Gallego  

French Name
croate  
galicien  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Galicisch  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[ɡaˈleɣo]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Galician people  

History

Origin
9th century  
c. 1175  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Galician  

Language Position
23  
21
46  
99+

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Galician Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
gl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
glg  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
glg  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
glg  

ISO 639 6
hrv  
glg  

Glottocode
croa1245  
gali1258  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
51-AAA-ab  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Croatian and Galician Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Galician language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Galician language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century 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 Croatian and Galician Language History.

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

Croatian vs Galician Difficulty

The Croatian vs Galician difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian 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 Croatian and Galician are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Galician, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Galician time required is 28 weeks.

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