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Polish vs Belarusian


Belarusian vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
Belarus, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Poland  
Belarus, Gambia  

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Poland  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 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.
  
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Russian and Ukrainian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
39  
28

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
dobry dzień  

Thank You
dziękuję  
Dziakuj  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
Jak vy ?  

Good Night
dobranoc  
Dabranač  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
Dobry viečar  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
dobry dzień  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
Dobraj ranicy  

Please
proszę  
Kali laska  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
Vybačajcie  

Bye
do widzenia  
da pabačennia  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
JA liubliu ciabie  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
Vybačajcie  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
North-Eastern Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Poland  
North-East Belarus  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Masovian  
South-Western Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Poland  
South-West Belarus  

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Middle Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
Middle Belarus  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
22
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
25
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
5.89 million  
26

Native Name
Polski  
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  

French Name
polonais  
biélorusse  

German Name
Polnisch  
Weißrussisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Belarusians  

History

Origin
1270  
18th century  

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  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Belarusian  

Language Position
24  
20
79  
99+

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
be  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
bel  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
bel  

ISO 639 3
pol  
bel  

ISO 639 6
pols  
Not Available  

Glottocode
poli1260  
bela1254  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Polish and Belarusian Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Belarusian language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Belarusian language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th century. 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 Belarusian Language History.

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Polish and Belarusian 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 Belarusian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Polish and Belarusian language. Polish word for "Hello" is cześć or Belarusian word for "Thank You" is Dziakuj. Find more of such common Polish Greetings and Belarusian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Polish vs Belarusian Difficulty

The Polish vs Belarusian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and Belarusian 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 Belarusian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and Belarusian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn Belarusian time required is Not Available.

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