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Welsh vs Polish


Polish vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Wales   
Poland   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
  • 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
English Language   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
British Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Helô   
cześć   

Thank You
Diolch   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
Nos da   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
Bore da   
Dzień dobry   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
proszę   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
Przepraszam   

Bye
Hwyl   
do widzenia   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Poland   

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Powys   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
34   
27

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
40.00 million   
24

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Cymraeg   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
gallois   
polonais   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Poles   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1270   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Slavic   

Branch
Brythonic   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Polish   

Language Position
Not Available   
24   
20

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
pol   

ISO 639 3
cym   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
wels1247   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
53-AAA-cc   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Welsh and Polish Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Polish language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Welsh and Polish Language History.

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

Welsh vs Polish Difficulty

The Welsh vs Polish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh 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 Welsh and Polish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Polish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Polish time required is 44 weeks.

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