Countries
Countries
Galicia
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Galicia
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Portuguese Language
Czech Language
Derived From
Latin
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2346
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
715
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1938
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Ola
Ahoj
Thank You
Grazas
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
Que tal estás?
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
Boas noites
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
Boa tarde
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
Boa tarde
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
Bos días
Dobré ráno
Please
Por favor
Prosím
Sorry
Síntoo!
Pardón!
Bye
Adeus
Dovidenia
I Love You
Ámote
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
Perdoe!
Prepáčte!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
East Galicia
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
How Many People Speak
2,700,000.005,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Galician
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Galician
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
West Galicia
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.005,500,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
2.40 million5.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.40 million5.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million6.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Galego
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
galicien
slovaque
German Name
Galicisch
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]
[ˈsləʊvæk]
Ethnicity
Galician people
Slovaks
History
Origin
c. 1175
6th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Slavic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
Galician
Slovak
Language Position
4627
1
120
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Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language
Slovak Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
gl
sk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
glg
slk
ISO 639 2/B
glg
slo
ISO 639 3
glg
slk
ISO 639 6
glg
slk
Glottocode
gali1258
slov1269
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab
53-AAA-db
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic