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Polish vs Turkish


Turkish vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
11   
5

National Language
Poland   
Turkey   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
8   
5

How Many Consonants
23   
13
21   
11

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   
Merhaba   

Thank You
dziękuję   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
dobranoc   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
günaydın   

Please
proszę   
lütfen   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
üzgünüm   

Bye
do widzenia   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million   
31
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Polski   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
polonais   
turc   

German Name
Polnisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Turkish   

History

Origin
1270   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Turkic   

Branch
Western   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Polish   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
24   
20
19   
17

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
tur   

ISO 639 3
pol   
tur   

ISO 639 6
pols   
Not Available   

Glottocode
poli1260   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Polish and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Turkish language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Polish vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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