Polish and Lithuanian
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
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Sorry
Przepraszam
atsiprašau
I Love You
kocham Cię
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
przepraszam
Atsiprašau
Dialect 1
Kashubian
Samogitian
Where They Speak
Poland
Lithuania
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Not Available
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 6
pols
Not Available
Glottocode
poli1260
lith1251
Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc
54-AAA-a
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.