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Polish and Cantonese


Cantonese and Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Poland   
China, Guangdong   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
8   
5

How Many Consonants
23   
13
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
10   
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
cześć   
您好   

Thank You
dziękuję   
谢谢   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
你好吗?   

Good Night
dobranoc   
晚安   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
晚上好   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
下午好   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
早上好   

Please
proszę   
请   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
遗憾   

Bye
do widzenia   
再见   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
我爱你   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
原谅我   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Guangzhou   

Where They Speak
Poland   
outside mainland China   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Xiguan   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Hong Kong   

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Hong Kong   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Hong Kong   

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
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
52.00 million   
21

Native Name
Polski   
Kwang Tung Wa   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   

French Name
polonais   
Not Available   

German Name
Polnisch   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1270   
17th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Polish   
Standard Cantonese   

Language Position
24   
20
Not Available   

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

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
pol   
No data available   

ISO 639 6
pols   
Not Available   

Glottocode
poli1260   
cant1236   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Polish and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Polish and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Polish are spoken in different Polish Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Polish vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Polish dialects include: Kashubian, Masovian. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Polish and Cantonese Speaking population

Polish and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Polish vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Polish and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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