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Polish vs Irish


Irish vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
European Union, Ireland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Poland   
Ireland   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   
United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   
Foras na Gaeilge   

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.
  
  • In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
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Derived From
Not Available   
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
18   
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
13   
3

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
cześć   
Dia dhuit   

Thank You
dziękuję   
Go raibh maith agat   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
Conas atá tú ?   

Good Night
dobranoc   
Oíche mhaith   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
Tráthnóna maith duit   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
Tráthnóna maith duit   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
Dia dhuit ar maidin   

Please
proszę   
le do thoil   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
Tá brón orm   

Bye
do widzenia   
Slán   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
Is breá liom thú   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
Gabh mo leithscéal   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Connacht Irish   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Connacht   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Munster Irish   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Munster   

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Ulster Irish   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Ulster   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
Not Available   

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
0.14 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
1.65 million   
35

Native Name
Polski   
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   

French Name
polonais   
irlandais moyen   

German Name
Polnisch   
Mittelirisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Irish people   

History

Origin
1270   
c. 750   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Celtic   

Branch
Western   
Goidelic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish   

Standard Forms
Polish   
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   

Language Position
24   
20
Not Available   

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   
Irish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
ga   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
gle   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
gle   

ISO 639 3
pol   
gle   

ISO 639 6
pols   
Not Available   

Glottocode
poli1260   
iris1253   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
50-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Polish and Irish Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Irish language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Irish language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750. 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 Irish Language History.

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

Polish vs Irish Difficulty

The Polish vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and Irish 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 Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.

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