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Polish and Belarusian


Belarusian and Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
Belarus, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Poland   
Belarus, Gambia   

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Poland   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
Russian and Ukrainian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
23   
13
39   
28

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
cześć   
dobry dzień   

Thank You
dziękuję   
Dziakuj   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
Jak vy ?   

Good Night
dobranoc   
Dabranač   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
Dobry viečar   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
dobry dzień   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
Dobraj ranicy   

Please
proszę   
Kali laska   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
Vybačajcie   

Bye
do widzenia   
da pabačennia   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
JA liubliu ciabie   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
Vybačajcie   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
North-Eastern Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Poland   
North-East Belarus   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Masovian   
South-Western Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Poland   
South-West Belarus   

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Middle Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Middle Belarus   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million   
31
9.63 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
7.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.89 million   
26

Native Name
Polski   
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian   

French Name
polonais   
biélorusse   

German Name
Polnisch   
Weißrussisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Belarusians   

History

Origin
1270   
18th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   

Branch
Western   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Polish   
Belarusian   

Language Position
24   
20
79   
99+

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
be   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
bel   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
bel   

ISO 639 3
pol   
bel   

ISO 639 6
pols   
Not Available   

Glottocode
poli1260   
bela1254   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Polish and Belarusian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Polish and Belarusian dialects. Various dialects of Polish and Belarusian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Polish are spoken in different Polish Speaking Countries whereas Belarusian Dialects are spoken in different Belarusian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Polish vs Belarusian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Polish dialects include: Kashubian, Masovian. Belarusian dialects include: North-Eastern Belarusian , South-Western Belarusian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Polish and Belarusian Speaking population

Polish and Belarusian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Belarusian languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Belarusian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Polish and Belarusian on Polish vs Belarusian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Polish and Belarusian Language Codes

Polish and Belarusian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Polish and Belarusian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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