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Japanese vs Polish


Polish vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
99   
40
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
14   
4
23   
13

Scripts
Kana   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
0.61 %   
25

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   

History

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   

Language Position
8   
8
24   
20

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Japanese and Polish Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Polish language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Polish Language History.

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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.

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