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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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