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Polish vs Italian


Italian vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
7  
8

National Language
Poland  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
French and Portuguese Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
ciao  

Thank You
dziękuję  
grazie  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
Come stai?  

Good Night
dobranoc  
buonanotte  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
buongiorno  

Please
proszę  
Per Favore  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
scusate  

Bye
do widzenia  
arrivederci  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Romanesco  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Lazio  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Central Italian  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
22
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
25
0.90 %  
22

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
14.00 million  
20

Native Name
Polski  
Italiano  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Italiano  

French Name
polonais  
italien  

German Name
Polnisch  
Italienisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
[itaˈljaːno]  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Italians  

History

Origin
1270  
960 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Romance  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Italian  

Language Position
24  
20
27  
23

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
ita  

ISO 639 3
pol  
ita  

ISO 639 6
pols  
itas  

Glottocode
poli1260  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
51-AAA-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Polish and Italian Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Italian language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

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

Polish vs Italian Difficulty

The Polish vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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