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English vs Polish


Polish vs English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
2   
13

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Poland   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken 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
Not Available   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
cześć   

Thank You
Thank you   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
How are you?   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
Good Night   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
Dzień dobry   

Please
Please   
proszę   

Sorry
Sorry   
Przepraszam   

Bye
Bye   
do widzenia   

I Love You
I love you   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
40.00 million   
24

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
Not Available   

Native Name
English   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
anglais   
polonais   

German Name
Englisch   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Poles   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
1270   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Polish   

Language Position
3   
3
24   
20

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
pol   

ISO 639 3
eng   
pol   

ISO 639 6
engs   
pols   

Glottocode
stan1293   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
53-AAA-cc   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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English and Polish Language History

Comparison of English vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of English and Polish language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Polish Language History.

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

English vs Polish Difficulty

The English vs Polish difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Polish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Polish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Polish time required is 44 weeks.

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