Countries
European Union, Poland
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Poland
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
South Africa
Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
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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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
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Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
dziękuję
Thank you
How Are You?
Jak się masz?
How are you?
Good Night
dobranoc
Good Night
Good Evening
dobry wieczór
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
dzień dobry
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
Dzień dobry
Good Morning
I Love You
kocham Cię
I love you
Excuse Me
przepraszam
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Kashubian
American English
Where They Speak
Poland
United States of America
Dialect 2
Masovian
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Poland
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Silesian
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland
United Kingdom
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Polski
English
Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski
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French Name
polonais
anglais
German Name
Polnisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Poles
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Origin
1270
5th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
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Branch
Western
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Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Polish
Standard English
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
poli1260
stan1293
Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Polish and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Polish and English language. Polish word for "Hello" is cześć or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Polish Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Polish vs English Difficulty
The Polish vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.
