Countries
European Union, Poland
  
Czech Republic, European Union
  
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 in
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Czech-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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?
40.00 million
  
31
11.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Czech Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.