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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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