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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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