Countries
Japan
  
European Union, Poland
  
National Language
Japan
  
Poland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- 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
Korean Language
  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
cześć
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
dziękuję
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Jak się masz?
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
dobranoc
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
dobry wieczór
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
dzień dobry
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Dzień dobry
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
proszę
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Przepraszam
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
do widzenia
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
kocham Cię
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
przepraszam
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Kashubian
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Poland
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
108,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Masovian
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Poland
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Silesian
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Czech Republic, Poland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
日本語
  
Polski
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Polnisch, Polski
  
French Name
japonais
  
polonais
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Polnisch
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
[ˈpɔlski]
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Poles
  
Origin
1185
  
1270
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Old Polish and Middle Polish
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Polish
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
pl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
pol
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
pol
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
pol
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
pols
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
poli1260
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
53-AAA-cc
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Japanese 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 Japanese and Polish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Polish language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Polish word for "Thank You" is dziękuję. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Polish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Polish Difficulty
The Japanese vs Polish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Polish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Polish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Polish time required is 44 weeks.