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Polish vs Korean


Korean vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Poland  
North Korea, South Korea  

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

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.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
21  
18

How Many Consonants
23  
13
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
dziękuję  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
dobranoc  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
proszę  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
do widzenia  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Poland  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Poland  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
China, North Korea  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
22
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
25
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
77.00 million  
12

Native Name
Polski  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
polonais  
coréen  

German Name
Polnisch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Koreans  

History

Origin
1270  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
24  
20
12  
11

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
kor  

ISO 639 3
pol  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
pols  
Not Available  

Glottocode
poli1260  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Polish and Korean Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Korean language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century. 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 Korean Language History.

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

Polish vs Korean Difficulty

The Polish vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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