Countries
European Union, Poland
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
Poland
France
Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
Italian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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French-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Jak się masz?
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
dobranoc
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
dobry wieczór
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
dzień dobry
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
Dzień dobry
Bonjour
Please
proszę
S'il vous plaît
Bye
do widzenia
au revoir
I Love You
kocham Cię
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
przepraszam
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Kashubian
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Poland
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Dialect 2
Masovian
African French
Where They Speak
Poland
Africa
Dialect 3
Silesian
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland
Northeast France, Switzerland
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Polski
français
Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski
Français
French Name
polonais
français
German Name
Polnisch
Französisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Poles
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Polish
Standard French
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
poli1260
stan1290
Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Polish and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Polish and French language. Polish word for "Hello" is cześć or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Polish Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Polish vs French Difficulty
The Polish vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.