Home
Languagevs


Polish vs Basque


Basque vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Poland  
France, Spain  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

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.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Spanish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
Kaixo  

Thank You
dziękuję  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
dobranoc  
Gabon  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
Egun on  

Please
proszę  
Mesedez  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
Barkatu  

Bye
do widzenia  
Agur  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Poland  
France  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Poland  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
22
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
25
Not Available  

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
7.20 million  
99+

Native Name
Polski  
Not available  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
polonais  
basque  

German Name
Polnisch  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Basque people  

History

Origin
1270  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Basque  

Language Position
24  
20
Not Available  

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

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
baq  

ISO 639 3
pol  
eus  

ISO 639 6
pols  
Not Available  

Glottocode
poli1260  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

Countries >>
<< All

Polish and Basque Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Basque language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Polish and Basque Language History.

Compare Most Spoken Languages

Polish and Basque Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Polish and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Polish and Basque language. Polish word for "Hello" is cześć or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Polish Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Polish vs Basque Difficulty

The Polish vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and Basque Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Polish and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.

Most Spoken Languages

Most Spoken Languages

» More Most Spoken Languages

Compare Most Spoken Languages

» More Compare Most Spoken Languages