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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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