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Polish and Czech


Czech and Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
Czech Republic, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Poland   
Czech Republic   

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, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   
Institute of the Czech Language   

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.
  
  • The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
32   
21

How Many Consonants
23   
13
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
cześć   
ahoj   

Thank You
dziękuję   
děkuji   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
Jak se máš?   

Good Night
dobranoc   
dobrou noc   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
dobré odpoledne   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
dobré ráno   

Please
proszę   
prosím   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
litovat   

Bye
do widzenia   
sbohem   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
Miluji tě   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
promiňte   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Chod   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Chodsko, Bohemia   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Lach   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia   

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Moravian   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
108,000.00   
27

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
13   
13

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Polski   
čeština / český jazyk   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Bohemian, Cestina   

French Name
polonais   
tchèque   

German Name
Polnisch   
Tschechisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Czechs   

History

Origin
1270   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   

Branch
Western   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
Proto-Czech, Old Czech   

Standard Forms
Polish   
Standard Czech   

Language Position
24   
20
73   
99+

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
cs   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
ces   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
cze   

ISO 639 3
pol   
ces   

ISO 639 6
pols   
Not Available   

Glottocode
poli1260   
czec1258   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
53-AAA-da   

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

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Polish and Czech Speaking population

Polish and Czech speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Czech languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Czech Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Czech language is 0.15 %. 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 Czech on Polish vs Czech where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Polish and Czech Language Codes

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

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