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English vs Polish


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
33   
2

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)   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
cześć   
Hello   

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   

Please
proszę   
Please   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
Sorry   

Bye
do widzenia   
Bye   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
I love you   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
American English   

Where They Speak
Poland   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million   
31
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
Polski   
English   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Not Available   

French Name
polonais   
anglais   

German Name
Polnisch   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1270   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Polish   
Standard English   

Language Position
24   
20
3   
3

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
eng   

ISO 639 3
pol   
eng   

ISO 639 6
pols   
engs   

Glottocode
poli1260   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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Polish and English Language History

Comparison of Polish vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and English language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 English Language History.

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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.

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