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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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