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Italian vs Polish


Polish vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
European Union, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Poland  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
16  
6
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
ciao  
cześć  

Thank You
grazie  
dziękuję  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
Jak się masz?  

Good Night
buonanotte  
dobranoc  

Good Evening
buonasera  
dobry wieczór  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
dzień dobry  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
Dzień dobry  

Please
Per Favore  
proszę  

Sorry
scusate  
Przepraszam  

Bye
arrivederci  
do widzenia  

I Love You
Ti amo  
kocham Cię  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
przepraszam  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Kashubian  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
21
108,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Masovian  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Czech Republic, Poland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
510,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
34  
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
22
0.61 %  
25

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
20
Not Available  

Native Name
Italiano  
Polski  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Polnisch, Polski  

French Name
italien  
polonais  

German Name
Italienisch  
Polnisch  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[ˈpɔlski]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Poles  

History

Origin
960 BC  
1270  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Polish and Middle Polish  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Polish  

Language Position
27  
23
24  
20

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
pl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
pol  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
pol  

ISO 639 3
ita  
pol  

ISO 639 6
itas  
pols  

Glottocode
ital1282  
poli1260  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
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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Italian and Polish Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Polish language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Polish Language History.

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

Italian vs Polish Difficulty

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

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