Countries
European Union, Poland
  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Poland
  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
South Africa
  
Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
cześć
  
Hello
  
Thank You
dziękuję
  
Thank you
  
How Are You?
Jak się masz?
  
How are you?
  
Good Night
dobranoc
  
Good Night
  
Good Evening
dobry wieczór
  
Good Evening
  
Good Afternoon
dzień dobry
  
Good Afternoon
  
Good Morning
Dzień dobry
  
Good Morning
  
Please
proszę
  
Please
  
Sorry
Przepraszam
  
Sorry
  
Bye
do widzenia
  
Bye
  
I Love You
kocham Cię
  
I love you
  
Excuse Me
przepraszam
  
Excuse Me
  
Dialect 1
Kashubian
  
American English
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
108,000.00
  
99+
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
Masovian
  
Hiberno-English
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
15
Dialect 3
Silesian
  
Welsh English
  
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland
  
United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
14
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
1,200.00 million
  
1
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
400.00 million
  
3
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
400.00 million
  
1
Native Name
Polski
  
English
  
Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski
  
Not Available
  
French Name
polonais
  
anglais
  
German Name
Polnisch
  
Englisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]
  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Ethnicity
Poles
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1270
  
5th Century AD
  
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
  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Standard Forms
Polish
  
Standard English
  
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pl
  
en
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pol
  
eng
  
ISO 639 2/B
pol
  
eng
  
ISO 639 3
pol
  
eng
  
ISO 639 6
pols
  
engs
  
Glottocode
poli1260
  
stan1293
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc
  
52-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic