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Ukrainian and Polish


Polish and Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine  
European Union, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Ukraine  
Poland  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  

Interesting Facts
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
  • 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
Russian and Belarusian Languages  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
22  
12
23  
13

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  
cześć  

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  
dziękuję  

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  
Jak się masz?  

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  
dobranoc  

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  
dobry wieczór  

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  
dzień dobry  

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  
Dzień dobry  

Please
будь ласк  
proszę  

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)  
Przepraszam  

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)  
do widzenia  

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  
kocham Cię  

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  
przepraszam  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian  
Kashubian  

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
108,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Volynian  
Masovian  

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn  
Poland  

Dialect 3
Steppe  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  
Czech Republic, Poland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
510,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
34  
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million  
32
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.46 %  
30
0.61 %  
25

Native Speakers
39.00 million  
25
40.00 million  
24

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  
Polski  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Polnisch, Polski  

French Name
ukrainien  
polonais  

German Name
Ukrainisch  
Polnisch  

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  
[ˈpɔlski]  

Ethnicity
Ukrainians  
Poles  

History

Origin
1561  
1270  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Slavic  

Branch
Eastern  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  
Old Polish and Middle Polish  

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian  
Polish  

Language Position
26  
22
24  
20

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
uk  
pl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr  
pol  

ISO 639 2/B
ukr  
pol  

ISO 639 3
ukr  
pol  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
pols  

Glottocode
ukra1253  
poli1260  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  
53-AAA-cc  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Ukrainian and Polish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Ukrainian and Polish dialects. Various dialects of Ukrainian and Polish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Ukrainian are spoken in different Ukrainian Speaking Countries whereas Polish Dialects are spoken in different Polish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Ukrainian vs Polish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Ukrainian dialects include: Podillian, Volynian. Polish dialects include: Kashubian , Masovian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Ukrainian and Polish Speaking population

Ukrainian and Polish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ukrainian and Polish languages can be compared. The total count of Ukrainian and Polish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Ukrainian and Polish on Ukrainian vs Polish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ukrainian and Polish Language Codes

Ukrainian and Polish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Ukrainian and Polish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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