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Czech vs Polish


Polish vs Czech


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Czech Republic   
Poland   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

Interesting Facts
  • The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  
  • 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
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42   
22
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
9   
6

How Many Consonants
32   
22
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ahoj   
cześć   

Thank You
děkuji   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
Jak se máš?   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
dobrou noc   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
dobrý večer   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
dobré ráno   
Dzień dobry   

Please
prosím   
proszę   

Sorry
litovat   
Przepraszam   

Bye
sbohem   
do widzenia   

I Love You
Miluji tě   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
promiňte   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chod   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Lach   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia   
Poland   

Dialect 3
Moravian   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
27
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
34   
27

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.15 %   
99+
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
40.00 million   
24

Native Name
čeština / český jazyk   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
tchèque   
polonais   

German Name
Tschechisch   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Czechs   
Poles   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1270   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   

Branch
Western   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Standard Czech   
Polish   

Language Position
73   
99+
24   
20

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cs   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ces   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
cze   
pol   

ISO 639 3
ces   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
czec1258   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-da   
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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Czech and Polish Language History

Comparison of Czech vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Czech and Polish language. History of Czech 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 Czech and Polish Language History.

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

Czech vs Polish Difficulty

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

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