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Basque vs Polish


Polish vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
European Union, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
France, Spain  
Poland  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  

Similar To
Spanish  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
cześć  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
dziękuję  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
Jak się masz?  

Good Night
Gabon  
dobranoc  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
dobry wieczór  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
dzień dobry  

Good Morning
Egun on  
Dzień dobry  

Please
Mesedez  
proszę  

Sorry
Barkatu  
Przepraszam  

Bye
Agur  
do widzenia  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
kocham Cię  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
przepraszam  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Kashubian  

Where They Speak
France  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
108,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Masovian  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Czech Republic, Poland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
510,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
34  
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million  
99+
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.61 %  
25

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
40.00 million  
24

Native Name
Not available  
Polski  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Polnisch, Polski  

French Name
basque  
polonais  

German Name
Baskisch  
Polnisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈpɔlski]  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Poles  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
1270  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
Old Polish and Middle Polish  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Polish  

Language Position
Not Available  
24  
20

Signed Forms
Not Available  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
pl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
pol  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
pol  

ISO 639 3
eus  
pol  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
pols  

Glottocode
basq1248  
poli1260  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
53-AAA-cc  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Basque and Polish Language History

Comparison of Basque vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and Polish language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 whereas history of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Basque and Polish Language History.

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Basque and Polish Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Basque and Polish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Polish language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Polish word for "Thank You" is dziękuję. Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Polish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Basque vs Polish Difficulty

The Basque vs Polish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Polish Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Basque and Polish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Polish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Polish time required is 44 weeks.

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