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Polish and Slovak


Slovak and Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Poland   
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

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   
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
Czech Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Czech-Slovak Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
15   
12

How Many Consonants
23   
13
38   
27

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   
Ahoj   

Thank You
dziękuję   
Ďakujem vám   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
Ako sa máte?   

Good Night
dobranoc   
Dobrú noc   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
Dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
Dobré popoludnie   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
Dobré ráno   

Please
proszę   
Prosím   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
Pardón!   

Bye
do widzenia   
Dovidenia   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
Ľúbim Ťa   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
Prepáčte!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Eastern Slovak   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Central Slovak   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Western Slovak   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
Not Available   

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
5.20 million   
99+

Native Name
Polski   
slovenčina   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Slovakian, Slovencina   

French Name
polonais   
slovaque   

German Name
Polnisch   
Slowakisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Slovaks   

History

Origin
1270   
6th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   

Branch
Western   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
Proto-Slavic   

Standard Forms
Polish   
Slovak   

Language Position
24   
20
Not Available   

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
sk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
slk   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
slo   

ISO 639 3
pol   
slk   

ISO 639 6
pols   
Not Available   

Glottocode
poli1260   
slov1269   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
53-AAA-db   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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

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Polish and Slovak Speaking population

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

Polish and Slovak Language Codes

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

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