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Croatian vs Polish


Polish vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
2   
13

National Language
Austria   
Poland   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
25   
15
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
bok   
cześć   

Thank You
hvala   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
kako si   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
laku noć   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
Dzień dobry   

Please
molim   
proszę   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Przepraszam   

Bye
Doviđenja   
do widzenia   

I Love You
Volim te   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Poland   

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
40.00 million   
24

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
Not Available   

Native Name
hrvatski   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
croate   
polonais   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Poles   

History

Origin
9th century   
1270   

Language Family
Indo-European 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
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Polish   

Language Position
23   
19
24   
20

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
pol   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
croa1245   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
53-AAA-cc   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Croatian and Polish Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Polish language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century 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 Croatian and Polish Language History.

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

Croatian vs Polish Difficulty

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

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