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Polish and Croatian


Croatian and Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
9   
7

National Language
Poland   
Austria   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   

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.
  
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
Serbain and Bosnian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Church Slavonic   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
cześć   
bok   

Thank You
dziękuję   
hvala   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
kako si   

Good Night
dobranoc   
laku noć   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
dobra večer   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
dobar dan   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
dobro jutro   

Please
proszę   
molim   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
Oprostite   

Bye
do widzenia   
Doviđenja   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
Ispričavam se   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
660,000.00   
31

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Croatia   

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Shtokavian   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
13,000,000.00   
5

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million   
31
89.00 million   
18

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
Polski   
hrvatski   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Hrvatski   

French Name
polonais   
croate   

German Name
Polnisch   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Croats   

History

Origin
1270   
9th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Polish   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
24   
20
23   
19

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
hr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
hrv   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
hrv   

ISO 639 3
pol   
hrv   

ISO 639 6
pols   
Not Available   

Glottocode
poli1260   
croa1245   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Polish and Croatian Speaking population

Polish and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Polish vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Polish and Croatian Language Codes

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

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