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Polish vs Slovak


Slovak vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Poland   
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

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

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
Czech Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Czech-Slovak Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
15   
12

How Many Consonants
23   
13
38   
27

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
cześć   
Ahoj   

Thank You
dziękuję   
Ďakujem vám   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
Ako sa máte?   

Good Night
dobranoc   
Dobrú noc   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
Dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
Dobré popoludnie   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
Dobré ráno   

Please
proszę   
Prosím   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
Pardón!   

Bye
do widzenia   
Dovidenia   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
Ľúbim Ťa   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
Prepáčte!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Eastern Slovak   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Central Slovak   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Western Slovak   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million   
31
5.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
Not Available   

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
5.20 million   
99+

Native Name
Polski   
slovenčina   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Slovakian, Slovencina   

French Name
polonais   
slovaque   

German Name
Polnisch   
Slowakisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Slovaks   

History

Origin
1270   
6th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   

Branch
Western   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
Proto-Slavic   

Standard Forms
Polish   
Slovak   

Language Position
24   
20
Not Available   

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
sk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
slk   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
slo   

ISO 639 3
pol   
slk   

ISO 639 6
pols   
Not Available   

Glottocode
poli1260   
slov1269   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
53-AAA-db   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Polish and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Slovak language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak Language History.

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

Polish vs Slovak Difficulty

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

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