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Japanese and Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Poland   
Japan   

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Pacific   

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Palau   

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Kana   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
cześć   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
dziękuję   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
dobranoc   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
proszę   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
do widzenia   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Sanuki   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Kagawa   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Fukuoka   

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
kansai   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million   
31
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
128.00 million   
9

Native Name
Polski   
日本語   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Not Available   

French Name
polonais   
japonais   

German Name
Polnisch   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
1270   
1185   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Polish   
Japanese   

Language Position
24   
20
8   
8

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
pol   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
pols   
Not Available   

Glottocode
poli1260   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Polish and Japanese Speaking population

Polish and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Polish vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Polish and Japanese Language Codes

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

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