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Swedish vs Polish


Polish vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Sweden   
Poland   

Second Language
Finland   
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
9   
6

How Many Consonants
18   
8
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hej   
cześć   

Thank You
tacka dig   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
hur mår du   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
godnatt   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
god kväll   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
god morgon   
Dzień dobry   

Please
vänligen   
proszę   

Sorry
ledsen   
Przepraszam   

Bye
hej då   
do widzenia   

I Love You
jag älskar dig   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
Gabon   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
6
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Dialects   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Georgia   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Dialects   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
France   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00   
1
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
34   
27

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
40.00 million   
24

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
Svenska   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
suédois   
polonais   

German Name
Schwedisch   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes   
Poles   

History

Origin
13th Century   
1270   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish   
Polish   

Language Position
89   
99+
24   
20

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sv   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
swe   
pol   

ISO 639 3
swe   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
swed1254   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw   
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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Swedish and Polish Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Polish language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Swedish and Polish Language History.

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

Swedish vs Polish Difficulty

The Swedish vs Polish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish 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 Swedish and Polish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Polish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Polish time required is 44 weeks.

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