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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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