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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
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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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