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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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