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Polish vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Poland  
Ukraine  

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  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
dziękuję  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
dobranoc  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
proszę  
будь ласк  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
do widzenia  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Poland  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Rivne, Volyn  

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
22
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
25
0.46 %  
30

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
39.00 million  
25

Native Name
Polski  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Not Available  

French Name
polonais  
ukrainien  

German Name
Polnisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
1270  
1561  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Slavic  

Branch
Western  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
24  
20
26  
22

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
pol  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
pols  
Not Available  

Glottocode
poli1260  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Polish and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Ukrainian language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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

Polish vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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