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Galician and Croatian


Croatian and Galician


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
9  
7

National Language
Galicia  
Austria  

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  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  

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

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Portuguese Language  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
Latin  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ola  
bok  

Thank You
Grazas  
hvala  

How Are You?
Que tal estás?  
kako si  

Good Night
Boas noites  
laku noć  

Good Evening
Boa tarde  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
Bos días  
dobro jutro  

Please
Por favor  
molim  

Sorry
Síntoo!  
Oprostite  

Bye
Adeus  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
Ámote  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Perdoe!  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
East Galicia  
Croatia  

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

Dialect 2
Central Galician  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Central Galicia  
Croatia  

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

Dialect 3
Western Galician  
Shtokavian  

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
2.40 million  
99+
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
1.25 million  
99+

Native Name
Galego  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego  
Hrvatski  

French Name
galicien  
croate  

German Name
Galicisch  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Galician people  
Croats  

History

Origin
c. 1175  
9th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Galician  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
46  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gl  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
glg  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
glg  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
glg  
hrv  

Glottocode
gali1258  
croa1245  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Galician and Croatian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Galician and Croatian dialects. Various dialects of Galician and Croatian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Galician are spoken in different Galician Speaking Countries whereas Croatian Dialects are spoken in different Croatian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Galician vs Croatian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Galician dialects include: Eastern Galician, Central Galician. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Galician and Croatian Speaking population

Galician and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Galician and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Galician and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Galician language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Galician and Croatian on Galician vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Galician and Croatian Language Codes

Galician and Croatian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Galician and Croatian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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