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Czech and Polish


Polish and Czech


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union  
European Union, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Czech Republic  
Poland  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  

Interesting Facts
  • The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  
  • 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
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42  
22
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
9  
6

How Many Consonants
32  
22
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ahoj  
cześć  

Thank You
děkuji  
dziękuję  

How Are You?
Jak se máš?  
Jak się masz?  

Good Night
dobrou noc  
dobranoc  

Good Evening
dobrý večer  
dobry wieczór  

Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne  
dzień dobry  

Good Morning
dobré ráno  
Dzień dobry  

Please
prosím  
proszę  

Sorry
litovat  
Przepraszam  

Bye
sbohem  
do widzenia  

I Love You
Miluji tě  
kocham Cię  

Excuse Me
promiňte  
przepraszam  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chod  
Kashubian  

Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
108,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Lach  
Masovian  

Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
10,500,000.00  
36
45,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Moravian  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia  
Czech Republic, Poland  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
510,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
34  
27

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.15 %  
99+
0.61 %  
27

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
40.00 million  
21

Native Name
čeština / český jazyk  
Polski  

Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina  
Polnisch, Polski  

French Name
tchèque  
polonais  

German Name
Tschechisch  
Polnisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]  
[ˈpɔlski]  

Ethnicity
Czechs  
Poles  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1270  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Slavic  

Branch
Western  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech  
Old Polish and Middle Polish  

Standard Forms
Standard Czech  
Polish  

Language Position
73  
99+
24  
22

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cs  
pl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ces  
pol  

ISO 639 2/B
cze  
pol  

ISO 639 3
ces  
pol  

ISO 639 6
ces  
pols  

Glottocode
czec1258  
poli1260  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-da  
53-AAA-cc  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Czech 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 Czech and Polish dialects. Various dialects of Czech and Polish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Czech are spoken in different Czech Speaking Countries whereas Polish Dialects are spoken in different Polish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Czech vs Polish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Czech dialects include: Chod, Lach. Polish dialects include: Kashubian , Masovian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Czech and Polish Speaking population

Czech and Polish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Czech and Polish languages can be compared. The total count of Czech and Polish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Czech language is 0.15 % 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 Czech and Polish on Czech vs Polish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Czech and Polish Language Codes

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

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