Countries
Ukraine
Galicia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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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 in
Alphabets
3323
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2219
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks28 weeks
3
88
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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!
Dialect 1
Podillian
Eastern Galician
Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
East Galicia
How Many People Speak
42,000,000.002,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Volynian
Central Galician
Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn
Central Galicia
How Many People Speak
44,000,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Steppe
Western Galician
Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
West Galicia
How Many People Speak
42,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
153
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
39.00 million2.40 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.46 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
39.00 million2.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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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
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
2646
1
120
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Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language
Galician Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
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
-