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Polish vs Welsh


Welsh vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Poland  
Wales  

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  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

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.
  
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
English Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
23  
13
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
Helô  

Thank You
dziękuję  
Diolch  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
dobranoc  
Nos da  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
Bore da  

Please
proszę  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
do widzenia  
Hwyl  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Gwynedd  

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
Powys  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
22
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
25
Not Available  

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
7.40 million  
99+

Native Name
Polski  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Cymraeg  

French Name
polonais  
gallois  

German Name
Polnisch  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
1270  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Celtic  

Branch
Western  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Welsh  

Language Position
24  
20
Not Available  

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
wel  

ISO 639 3
pol  
cym  

ISO 639 6
pols  
Not Available  

Glottocode
poli1260  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Polish and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Welsh language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Welsh Language History.

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

Polish vs Welsh Difficulty

The Polish vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and Welsh 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 Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.

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