Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
European Union, Poland
  
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 in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Kashubian
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Poland
  
How Many People Speak
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
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
40.00 million
  
31
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.