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Polish and Greek


Greek and Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Poland   
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Roman Empire   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
Armenian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

How Many Consonants
23   
13
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, 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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
cześć   
γεια σας (geia sas)   

Thank You
dziękuję   
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   

Good Night
dobranoc   
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   

Please
proszę   
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   

Bye
do widzenia   
αντίο (antío)   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Cappadocian Greek   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Greece   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
2,800.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Griko   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
25   
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
0.18 %   
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Polski   
ελληνικά   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   

French Name
polonais   
grec moderne (après 1453)   

German Name
Polnisch   
Neugriechisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
[eliniˈka]   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Greeks or Hellenes   

History

Origin
1270   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Hellenic   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   

Standard Forms
Polish   
Modern Greek   

Language Position
24   
20
74   
99+

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
el   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
ell   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
gre   

ISO 639 3
pol   
ell   

ISO 639 6
pols   
ells   

Glottocode
poli1260   
gree1276   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
56-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Polish and Greek Speaking population

Polish and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Polish vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Polish and Greek Language Codes

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

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