Countries
European Union, Slovenia
Galicia
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
Galicia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
- 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
Serbo-Croatian
Portuguese Language
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2523
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2019
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
24
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks28 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Ola
Thank You
Hvala
Grazas
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
Que tal estás?
Good Night
Lahko noč
Boas noites
Good Evening
Dober večer
Boa tarde
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
Boa tarde
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
Bos días
Please
Prosim
Por favor
Sorry
Oprostite
Síntoo!
Bye
Nasvidenje
Adeus
I Love You
Ljubim te
Ámote
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Perdoe!
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
Eastern Galician
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
East Galicia
How Many People Speak
80,000.002,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Resian
Central Galician
Where They Speak
Italy
Central Galicia
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Styrian
Western Galician
Where They Speak
Slovenia
West Galicia
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
483
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million2.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.50 million2.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Slovenščina
Galego
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
Galego, Gallego
French Name
slovène
galicien
German Name
Slowenisch
Galicisch
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
[ɡaˈleɣo]
Ethnicity
Slovenes
Galician people
Origin
972-1093
c. 1175
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Slovene
Galician
Language Position
2846
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovene Sign Language
Galician Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sl
gl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slv
glg
ISO 639 2/B
slv
glg
ISO 639 3
slv
glg
ISO 639 6
slv
glg
Glottocode
slov1268
gali1258
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
51-AAA-ab
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
-