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Polish and Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Poland   

Second Language
Roman Empire   
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
17   
7
23   
13

Scripts
Arabic, 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
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)   
cześć   

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   
Dzień dobry   

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   
proszę   

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   
Przepraszam   

Bye
αντίο (antío)   
do widzenia   

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
Greece   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
2,800.00   
99+
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Griko   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
50,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Mariupol   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Ukraine   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
34   
27

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %   
99+
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
40.00 million   
24

Native Name
ελληνικά   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)   
polonais   

German Name
Neugriechisch   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes   
Poles   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
1270   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Hellenic   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Modern Greek   
Polish   

Language Position
74   
99+
24   
20

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
el   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
gre   
pol   

ISO 639 3
ell   
pol   

ISO 639 6
ells   
pols   

Glottocode
gree1276   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a   
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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All Greek and Polish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Greek and Polish dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Polish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Polish Dialects are spoken in different Polish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Polish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Polish dialects include: Kashubian , Masovian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Greek and Polish Speaking population

Greek and Polish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Polish languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Polish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Greek and Polish on Greek vs Polish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Polish Language Codes

Greek and Polish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Polish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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