Countries
European Union, Poland
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
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 in
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Kashubian
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
108,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Masovian
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Silesian
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
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
  
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.