Countries
European Union, Poland
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Poland
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
German and English Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
dziękuję
dankjewel
How Are You?
Jak się masz?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
dobranoc
goede Nacht
Good Evening
dobry wieczór
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
dzień dobry
goedemiddag
Good Morning
Dzień dobry
goedemorgen
Please
proszę
alsjeblieft
I Love You
kocham Cię
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
przepraszam
pardon
Dialect 1
Kashubian
Gronings
Where They Speak
Poland
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Masovian
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Poland
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Silesian
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland
Belgium, Netherlands
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Polski
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
polonais
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Polnisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Poles
Dutch people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Polish
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
pols
Not Available
Glottocode
poli1260
mode1257
Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
Polish and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Polish and Dutch language. Polish word for "Hello" is cześć or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Polish Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Polish vs Dutch Difficulty
The Polish vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.