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Polish vs Romanian


Romanian vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
6   
9

National Language
Poland   
Moldova, Romania   

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Kazakhstan, Russia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

How Many Consonants
23   
13
20   
10

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   
alo   

Thank You
dziękuję   
multumesc   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
ce mai faci?   

Good Night
dobranoc   
noapte Buna   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
bună Dimineața   

Please
proszę   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
scuze   

Bye
do widzenia   
La revedere   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Megleno-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million   
31
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
Polski   
Română   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   

French Name
polonais   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Polnisch   
Rumänisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
[roˈmɨnə]   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Romanians   

History

Origin
1270   
1521   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
Proto-Romanian   

Standard Forms
Polish   
Romanian   

Language Position
24   
20
36   
28

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
rum   

ISO 639 3
pol   
ron   

ISO 639 6
pols   
Not Available   

Glottocode
poli1260   
roma1327   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
51-AAD-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Polish and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Romanian language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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

Polish vs Romanian Difficulty

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

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