Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Galicia
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Galicia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
- 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
Czech Language
Portuguese Language
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4623
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
157
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3819
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks28 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ahoj
Ola
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
Grazas
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
Que tal estás?
Good Night
Dobrú noc
Boas noites
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
Boa tarde
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
Boa tarde
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
Bos días
Please
Prosím
Por favor
Sorry
Pardón!
Síntoo!
Bye
Dovidenia
Adeus
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
Ámote
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
Perdoe!
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Eastern Galician
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
East Galicia
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.002,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Central Galician
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Central Galicia
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Western Galician
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
West Galicia
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million2.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.20 million2.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
slovenčina
Galego
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Galego, Gallego
French Name
slovaque
galicien
German Name
Slowakisch
Galicisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
[ɡaˈleɣo]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Galician people
Origin
6th Century
c. 1175
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
-
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Slovak
Galician
Language Position
2746
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Galician Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sk
gl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slk
glg
ISO 639 2/B
slo
glg
ISO 639 3
slk
glg
ISO 639 6
slk
glg
Glottocode
slov1269
gali1258
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
51-AAA-ab
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-