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Polish and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Russia   
Poland   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
23   
13

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
cześć   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Dzień dobry   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
proszę   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Przepraszam   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
do widzenia   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Poland   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
40.00 million   
24

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
russe   
polonais   

German Name
Russisch   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Poles   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
1270   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   

Branch
Eastern   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Polish   

Language Position
7   
7
24   
20

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
pol   

ISO 639 3
rus   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
russ1263   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
53-AAA-cc   

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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All Russian and Polish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Russian and Polish dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Polish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Polish Dialects are spoken in different Polish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Polish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Polish dialects include: Kashubian , Masovian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Polish Speaking population

Russian and Polish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Polish languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Polish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Russian and Polish on Russian vs Polish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Polish Language Codes

Russian and Polish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Polish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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