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Korean vs Polish


Polish vs Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
North Korea, South Korea   
Poland   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • 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
Chinese and Japanese languages   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
9   
6

How Many Consonants
19   
9
23   
13

Scripts
Hangul   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   
cześć   

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   
Dzień dobry   

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)   
proszę   

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   
Przepraszam   

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)   
do widzenia   

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
China, North Korea   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million   
22
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
40.00 million   
24

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
coréen   
polonais   

German Name
Koreanisch   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Koreans   
Poles   

History

Origin
Before 1st century   
1270   

Language Family
Koreanic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   
Polish   

Language Position
12   
11
24   
20

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ko   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
kor   
pol   

ISO 639 3
Kor   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
kore1280   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
45-AAA   
53-AAA-cc   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Korean and Polish Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Polish language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century 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 Korean and Polish Language History.

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

Korean vs Polish Difficulty

The Korean vs Polish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Polish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Polish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Polish time required is 44 weeks.

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