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Polish and Lithuanian


Lithuanian and Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Poland  
Lithuania  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  

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.
  
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Latvian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
12  
9

How Many Consonants
23  
13
20  
10

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
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
Sveiki  

Thank You
dziękuję  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
dobranoc  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
Labas rytas  

Please
proszę  
Prašom  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
atsiprašau  

Bye
do widzenia  
Ate  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Lithuania  

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
22
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
25
Not Available  

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Polski  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
polonais  
lituanien  

German Name
Polnisch  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
1270  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Lithuanian  

Language Position
24  
20
Not Available  

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
lit  

ISO 639 3
pol  
lit  

ISO 639 6
pols  
Not Available  

Glottocode
poli1260  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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

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Polish and Lithuanian Speaking population

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

Polish and Lithuanian Language Codes

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

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