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Galician and Polish


Polish and Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia  
European Union, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Galicia  
Poland  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Portuguese Language  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
19  
9
23  
13

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  
cześć  

Thank You
Grazas  
dziękuję  

How Are You?
Que tal estás?  
Jak się masz?  

Good Night
Boas noites  
dobranoc  

Good Evening
Boa tarde  
dobry wieczór  

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde  
dzień dobry  

Good Morning
Bos días  
Dzień dobry  

Please
Por favor  
proszę  

Sorry
Síntoo!  
Przepraszam  

Bye
Adeus  
do widzenia  

I Love You
Ámote  
kocham Cię  

Excuse Me
Perdoe!  
przepraszam  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician  
Kashubian  

Where They Speak
East Galicia  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
108,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Galician  
Masovian  

Where They Speak
Central Galicia  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
45,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Western Galician  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
West Galicia  
Czech Republic, Poland  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
510,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
34  
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million  
99+
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.61 %  
27

Native Speakers
2.40 million  
99+
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
40.00 million  
21

Native Name
Galego  
Polski  

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego  
Polnisch, Polski  

French Name
galicien  
polonais  

German Name
Galicisch  
Polnisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]  
[ˈpɔlski]  

Ethnicity
Galician people  
Poles  

History

Origin
c. 1175  
1270  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Old Polish and Middle Polish  

Standard Forms
Galician  
Polish  

Language Position
46  
99+
24  
22

Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gl  
pl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg  
pol  

ISO 639 2/B
glg  
pol  

ISO 639 3
glg  
pol  

ISO 639 6
glg  
pols  

Glottocode
gali1258  
poli1260  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab  
53-AAA-cc  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Galician and Polish 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 Polish dialects. Various dialects of Galician and Polish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Galician are spoken in different Galician Speaking Countries whereas Polish Dialects are spoken in different Polish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Galician vs Polish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Galician dialects include: Eastern Galician, Central Galician. Polish dialects include: Kashubian , Masovian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Galician and Polish Speaking population

Galician and Polish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Galician and Polish languages can be compared. The total count of Galician and Polish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Galician language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 %. 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 Polish on Galician vs Polish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Galician and Polish Language Codes

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

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