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Polish and Norwegian


Norwegian and Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Poland  
Norway  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe, South America  

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

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  
Norwegian Language Council  

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
9  
6

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
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
hallo  

Thank You
dziękuję  
takk  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
dobranoc  
god natt  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
god morgen  

Please
proszę  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
unnskyld  

Bye
do widzenia  
ha det  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Sogn  

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
22
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
25
Not Available  

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Polski  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Norsk  

French Name
polonais  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Polnisch  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
1270  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Germanic  

Branch
Western  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
24  
20
Not Available  

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

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
nor  

ISO 639 3
pol  
nor  

ISO 639 6
pols  
Not Available  

Glottocode
poli1260  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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Polish and Norwegian Speaking population

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

Polish and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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