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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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