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Cantonese vs Polish


Polish vs Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau  
European Union, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
China, Guangdong  
Poland  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Hawaii  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
20  
10
23  
13

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10  
8
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
您好  
cześć  

Thank You
谢谢  
dziękuję  

How Are You?
你好吗?  
Jak się masz?  

Good Night
晚安  
dobranoc  

Good Evening
晚上好  
dobry wieczór  

Good Afternoon
下午好  
dzień dobry  

Good Morning
早上好  
Dzień dobry  

Please
请  
proszę  

Sorry
遗憾  
Przepraszam  

Bye
再见  
do widzenia  

I Love You
我爱你  
kocham Cię  

Excuse Me
原谅我  
przepraszam  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou  
Kashubian  

Where They Speak
outside mainland China  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
71,000,000.00  
13
108,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Xiguan  
Masovian  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
71,000,000.00  
11
45,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Hong Kong  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Czech Republic, Poland  

How Many People Speak
70,000,000.00  
10
510,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
34  
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.61 %  
27

Native Speakers
52.00 million  
21
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
71.00 million  
15
40.00 million  
21

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa  
Polski  

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  
Polnisch, Polski  

French Name
cantonais  
polonais  

German Name
Kantonesisch  
Polnisch  

Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]  
[ˈpɔlski]  

Ethnicity
Han Chinese  
Poles  

History

Origin
17th century  
1270  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Polish and Middle Polish  

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese  
Polish  

Language Position
1  
1
24  
22

Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
pl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yue  
pol  

ISO 639 2/B
yue  
pol  

ISO 639 3
No data available  
pol  

ISO 639 6
yue  
pols  

Glottocode
cant1236  
poli1260  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-cc  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Cantonese and Polish Language History

Comparison of Cantonese vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Cantonese and Polish language. History of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Cantonese and Polish Language History.

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

Cantonese vs Polish Difficulty

The Cantonese vs Polish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Polish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Polish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Polish time required is 44 weeks.

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