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Slovene vs Polish


Polish vs Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia   
Poland   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

Interesting Facts
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
  • 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
Serbo-Croatian   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25   
7
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
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
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
cześć   

Thank You
Hvala   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
Kako se imate?   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
Lahko noč   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
Dober večer   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
Dober dan   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
Dzień dobry   

Please
Prosim   
proszę   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Przepraszam   

Bye
Nasvidenje   
do widzenia   

I Love You
Ljubim te   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Resian   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Poland   

Dialect 3
Styrian   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Slovenia   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
48   
31
34   
27

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
40.00 million   
24

Native Name
Not available   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
slovène   
polonais   

German Name
Slowenisch   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Slovenes   
Poles   

History

Origin
972-1093   
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
Slovene   
Polish   

Language Position
Not Available   
24   
20

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sl   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
slv   
pol   

ISO 639 3
slv   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
slov1268   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f   
53-AAA-cc   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Slovene and Polish Language History

Comparison of Slovene vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Slovene and Polish language. History of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093 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 Slovene and Polish Language History.

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

Slovene vs Polish Difficulty

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

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