Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
European Union, Poland
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Poland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- 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
Czech Language
  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
cześć
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
dziękuję
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Jak się masz?
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
dobranoc
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
dobry wieczór
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
dzień dobry
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
Dzień dobry
  
Please
Prosím
  
proszę
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
Przepraszam
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
do widzenia
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
kocham Cię
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
przepraszam
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Kashubian
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Poland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
108,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Masovian
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Poland
  
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Silesian
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Czech Republic, Poland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
31
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
slovenčina
  
Polski
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Polnisch, Polski
  
French Name
slovaque
  
polonais
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Polnisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈpɔlski]
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Poles
  
Origin
6th Century
  
1270
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Western
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Old Polish and Middle Polish
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Polish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
pl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
pol
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
pol
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
pol
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
pols
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
poli1260
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
53-AAA-cc
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Slovak 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 Slovak and Polish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Polish language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Polish word for "Thank You" is dziękuję. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Polish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Polish Difficulty
The Slovak vs Polish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak 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 Slovak and Polish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Polish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Polish time required is 44 weeks.