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Polish vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
2   
13

National Language
France   
Poland   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   

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

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
20   
10
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
cześć   

Thank You
Merci   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
Dzień dobry   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
proszę   

Sorry
désolé   
Przepraszam   

Bye
au revoir   
do widzenia   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
African French   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Poland   

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
40.00 million   
24

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
Not Available   

Native Name
français   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Français   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
français   
polonais   

German Name
Französisch   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Poles   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1270   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Polish   

Language Position
13   
12
24   
20

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
pol   

ISO 639 3
fra   
pol   

ISO 639 6
fras   
pols   

Glottocode
stan1290   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
53-AAA-cc   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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French and Polish Language History

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

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

French vs Polish Difficulty

The French vs Polish difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Polish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Polish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Polish time required is 44 weeks.

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