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Polish and German


German and Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
7   
8

National Language
Poland   
Germany   

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
10   
7

How Many Consonants
23   
13
9   
1

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
cześć   
hallo   

Thank You
dziękuję   
Danke   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
dobranoc   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
guten Morgen   

Please
proszę   
bitte   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
Verzeihung   

Bye
do widzenia   
Tschüs   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million   
31
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
Polski   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
polonais   
allemand   

German Name
Polnisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Germans   

History

Origin
1270   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Germanic   

Branch
Western   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Polish   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
24   
20
9   
9

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
ger   

ISO 639 3
pol   
deu   

ISO 639 6
pols   
deus   

Glottocode
poli1260   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Polish and German Speaking population

Polish and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and German languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Polish vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Polish and German Language Codes

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

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