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Galician and Ukrainian


Ukrainian and Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Galicia  
Ukraine  

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  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

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

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Portuguese Language  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
19  
9
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ola  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Grazas  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

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

Good Night
Boas noites  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
Boa tarde  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
Bos días  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
Por favor  
будь ласк  

Sorry
Síntoo!  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
Adeus  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

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

Excuse Me
Perdoe!  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician  
Podillian  

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

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Central Galician  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Central Galicia  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Western Galician  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
West Galicia  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
15  
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
2.40 million  
99+
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
Galego  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
galicien  
ukrainien  

German Name
Galicisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Galician people  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
c. 1175  
1561  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Galician  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
46  
99+
26  
24

Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gl  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
glg  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
glg  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
glg  
ukr  

Glottocode
gali1258  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

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

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Galician and Ukrainian Speaking population

Galician and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Galician and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Galician and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Galician language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 %. 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 Ukrainian on Galician vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Galician and Ukrainian Language Codes

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

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