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German vs Polish


Polish vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
2   
13

National Language
Germany   
Poland   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
9   
6

How Many Consonants
9   
1
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
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
cześć   

Thank You
Danke   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
Dzień dobry   

Please
bitte   
proszę   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
Przepraszam   

Bye
Tschüs   
do widzenia   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
40.00 million   
24

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

Native Name
Deutsch   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
allemand   
polonais   

German Name
Deutsch   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Poles   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
1270   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Western   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Polish   

Language Position
9   
9
24   
20

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
pol   

ISO 639 3
deu   
pol   

ISO 639 6
deus   
pols   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
53-AAA-cc   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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German and Polish Language History

Comparison of German vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of German and Polish language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th 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 German and Polish Language History.

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

German vs Polish Difficulty

The German vs Polish difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Polish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Polish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Polish time required is 44 weeks.

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