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Serbian vs Polish


Polish vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Poland   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
25   
15
23   
13

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
cześć   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
Dzień dobry   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
proszę   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
Przepraszam   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
do widzenia   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Poland   

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
34   
27

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
40.00 million   
24

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
serbe   
polonais   

German Name
Serbisch   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Poles   

History

Origin
11th Century   
1270   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Polish   

Language Position
44   
33
24   
20

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
pol   

ISO 639 3
srp   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
serb1264   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
53-AAA-cc   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Serbian and Polish Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Polish language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century 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 Serbian and Polish Language History.

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

Serbian vs Polish Difficulty

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

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