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Polish vs English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
European Union, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
2  
13

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Poland  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
South Africa  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
cześć  

Thank You
Thank you  
dziękuję  

How Are You?
How are you?  
Jak się masz?  

Good Night
Good Night  
dobranoc  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
dobry wieczór  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
dzień dobry  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
Dzień dobry  

Please
Please  
proszę  

Sorry
Sorry  
Przepraszam  

Bye
Bye  
do widzenia  

I Love You
I love you  
kocham Cię  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
przepraszam  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Kashubian  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
3
108,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Masovian  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
15
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Czech Republic, Poland  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
14
510,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
34  
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
0.61 %  
25

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
Not Available  

Native Name
English  
Polski  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Polnisch, Polski  

French Name
anglais  
polonais  

German Name
Englisch  
Polnisch  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[ˈpɔlski]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Poles  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
1270  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
Old Polish and Middle Polish  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Polish  

Language Position
3  
3
24  
20

Signed Forms
Signed English  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
pl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
pol  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
pol  

ISO 639 3
eng  
pol  

ISO 639 6
engs  
pols  

Glottocode
stan1293  
poli1260  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
53-AAA-cc  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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English and Polish Language History

Comparison of English vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of English and Polish language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Polish Language History.

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

English vs Polish Difficulty

The English vs Polish difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Polish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Polish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Polish time required is 44 weeks.

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