Countries
European Union, Poland
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
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 in
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
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
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.