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Romanian vs Polish


Polish vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
2   
13

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
Poland   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
20   
10
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
alo   
cześć   

Thank You
multumesc   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
Dzień dobry   

Please
Vă Rog   
proszę   

Sorry
scuze   
Przepraszam   

Bye
La revedere   
do widzenia   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
40.00 million   
24

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
Not Available   

Native Name
Română   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
polonais   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Poles   

History

Origin
1521   
1270   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Polish   

Language Position
36   
28
24   
20

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
pol   

ISO 639 3
ron   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
roma1327   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
53-AAA-cc   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Romanian and Polish Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Polish language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 whereas history of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270. 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 Romanian and Polish Language History.

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

Romanian vs Polish Difficulty

The Romanian vs Polish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian Alphabets and Polish 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 Romanian and Polish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Polish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Polish time required is 44 weeks.

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