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Polish and Ukrainian


Ukrainian and Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Poland  
Ukraine  

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  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian 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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
dziękuję  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
dobranoc  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
proszę  
будь ласк  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
do widzenia  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Poland  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Rivne, Volyn  

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
22
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
25
0.46 %  
30

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
39.00 million  
25

Native Name
Polski  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Not Available  

French Name
polonais  
ukrainien  

German Name
Polnisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
1270  
1561  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Slavic  

Branch
Western  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
24  
20
26  
22

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
pol  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
pols  
Not Available  

Glottocode
poli1260  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Polish and Ukrainian Speaking population

Polish and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 %. 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 Ukrainian on Polish vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Polish and Ukrainian Language Codes

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

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