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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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