Countries
European Union, Poland
  
European Union, Lithuania
  
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 in
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Kashubian
  
Samogitian
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
108,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Masovian
  
Aukštaitian
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
Lithuania
  
Dialect 3
Silesian
  
Curonian
  
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
3.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.
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.