Countries
European Union, Poland
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
National Language
Poland
  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
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
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
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.
  
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
  
Serbo-Croatian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
cześć
  
Halo
  
Thank You
dziękuję
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
Jak się masz?
  
Kako se imate?
  
Good Night
dobranoc
  
Lahko noč
  
Good Evening
dobry wieczór
  
Dober večer
  
Good Afternoon
dzień dobry
  
Dober dan
  
Good Morning
Dzień dobry
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
proszę
  
Prosim
  
Sorry
Przepraszam
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
do widzenia
  
Nasvidenje
  
I Love You
kocham Cię
  
Ljubim te
  
Excuse Me
przepraszam
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Kashubian
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
108,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Masovian
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
Italy
  
Dialect 3
Silesian
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland
  
Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
2.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
Polski
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski
  
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
French Name
polonais
  
slovène
  
German Name
Polnisch
  
Slowenisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]
  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Ethnicity
Poles
  
Slovenes
  
Origin
1270
  
972-1093
  
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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Polish
  
Slovene
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pl
  
sl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pol
  
slv
  
ISO 639 2/B
pol
  
slv
  
ISO 639 3
pol
  
slv
  
ISO 639 6
pols
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
poli1260
  
slov1268
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc
  
53-AAA-f
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Polish and Slovene 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 Slovene greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Polish and Slovene language. Polish word for "Hello" is cześć or Slovene word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Polish Greetings and Slovene Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Polish vs Slovene Difficulty
The Polish vs Slovene difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and Slovene 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 Slovene are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and Slovene, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn Slovene time required is 44 weeks.