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Polish and Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
European Union, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Poland  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
17  
7
23  
13

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
cześć  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
dziękuję  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Jak się masz?  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
dobranoc  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
dobry wieczór  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
dzień dobry  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
Dzień dobry  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
proszę  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
Przepraszam  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
do widzenia  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
kocham Cię  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
przepraszam  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Kashubian  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
108,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Griko  
Masovian  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
45,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Czech Republic, Poland  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
510,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
34  
27

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.61 %  
27

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
40.00 million  
21

Native Name
ελληνικά  
Polski  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Polnisch, Polski  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
polonais  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Polnisch  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[ˈpɔlski]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Poles  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1270  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
Old Polish and Middle Polish  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Polish  

Language Position
74  
99+
24  
22

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
pl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
pol  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
pol  

ISO 639 3
ell  
pol  

ISO 639 6
ells  
pols  

Glottocode
gree1276  
poli1260  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
53-AAA-cc  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Greek and Polish Speaking population

Greek and Polish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Polish languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Polish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % 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 Greek and Polish on Greek vs Polish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Polish Language Codes

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

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