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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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