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Polish and Finnish


Finnish and Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Poland   
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
8   
5

How Many Consonants
23   
13
13   
3

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
cześć   
Moi   

Thank You
dziękuję   
Kiitos   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
Mitä kuuluu?   

Good Night
dobranoc   
hyvää yötä   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
Hyvää iltaa   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
Hyvää iltapäivää   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
Hyvää huomenta   

Please
proszę   
haluta   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
Anteeksi   

Bye
do widzenia   
Heippa   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
Minä rakastan sinua   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
Anteeksi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Colloquial Finnish   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Finland   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Rauma   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Finland, Rauma   

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Meänkieli   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Finland, Sweden   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
60,000.00   
31

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
21   
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
Not Available   

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
5.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.01 million   
39

Native Name
Polski   
suomi / suomen kieli   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Suomi   

French Name
polonais   
finnois   

German Name
Polnisch   
Finnisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
[ˈsuomi]   

Ethnicity
Poles   
ethnic Finns   

History

Origin
1270   
1543   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Western   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
Proto-Finnic language   

Standard Forms
Polish   
standard Finnish   

Language Position
24   
20
Not Available   

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   
Signed Finnish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
fi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
fin   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
fin   

ISO 639 3
pol   
fin   

ISO 639 6
pols   
Not Available   

Glottocode
poli1260   
finn1318   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Polish and Finnish Speaking population

Polish and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available. 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 Finnish on Polish vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Polish and Finnish Language Codes

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

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