Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
European Union, Poland
National Language
Germany
Poland
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Jak się masz?
Good Night
gute Nacht
dobranoc
Good Evening
guten Abend
dobry wieczór
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
dzień dobry
Good Morning
guten Morgen
Dzień dobry
Sorry
Verzeihung
Przepraszam
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
kocham Cię
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
przepraszam
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Kashubian
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Poland
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Masovian
Where They Speak
Germany
Poland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Texas German
Silesian
Where They Speak
Texas
Czech Republic, Poland
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Deutsch
Polski
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Polnisch, Polski
French Name
allemand
polonais
German Name
Deutsch
Polnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[ˈpɔlski]
Origin
6th Century AD
1270
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Polish
Signed Forms
Signed German
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
poli1260
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
53-AAA-cc
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
All German 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 German and Polish dialects. Various dialects of German and Polish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Polish Dialects are spoken in different Polish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Polish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Polish dialects include: Kashubian , Masovian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
German and Polish Speaking population
German and Polish speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Polish languages can be compared. The total count of German and Polish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Polish on German vs Polish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Polish Language Codes
German and Polish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Polish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.