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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   

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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.

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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.

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