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Ukrainian and Galician


Galician and Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine  
Galicia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Ukraine  
Galicia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Russian and Belarusian Languages  
Portuguese Language  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
22  
12
19  
9

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
28 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  
Ola  

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  
Grazas  

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

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  
Boas noites  

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  
Boa tarde  

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  
Boa tarde  

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  
Bos días  

Please
будь ласк  
Por favor  

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)  
Síntoo!  

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)  
Adeus  

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

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  
Perdoe!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian  
Eastern Galician  

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

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

Dialect 2
Volynian  
Central Galician  

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn  
Central Galicia  

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

Dialect 3
Steppe  
Western Galician  

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  
West Galicia  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.46 %  
32
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
39.00 million  
25
2.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  
Galego  

Alternative Names
Ukrayins'ka Mova  
Galego, Gallego  

French Name
ukrainien  
galicien  

German Name
Ukrainisch  
Galicisch  

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  
[ɡaˈleɣo]  

Ethnicity
Ukrainians  
Galician people  

History

Origin
1561  
c. 1175  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian  
Galician  

Language Position
26  
24
46  
99+

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language  
Galician Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
uk  
gl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr  
glg  

ISO 639 2/B
ukr  
glg  

ISO 639 3
ukr  
glg  

ISO 639 6
ukr  
glg  

Glottocode
ukra1253  
gali1258  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Ukrainian and Galician Speaking population

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

Ukrainian and Galician Language Codes

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

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