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Chinese vs Polish


Polish vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Poland   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
9   
6

How Many Consonants
23   
13
23   
13

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
cześć   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
Dzień dobry   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
proszę   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
Przepraszam   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
do widzenia   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Wu   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yue   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
40.00 million   
24

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
Not Available   

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
chinois   
polonais   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Han   
Poles   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
1270   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Polish   

Language Position
1   
1
24   
20

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
pol   

ISO 639 3
zho   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
sini1245   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
53-AAA-cc   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Chinese and Polish Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Polish language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Polish Language History.

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Chinese 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 Chinese and Polish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Polish language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Polish word for "Thank You" is dziękuję. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Polish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs Polish Difficulty

The Chinese vs Polish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Polish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Polish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Polish time required is 44 weeks.

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