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Greek vs Polish


Polish vs 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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Greek and Polish Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Polish language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC 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 Greek and Polish Language History.

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

Greek vs Polish Difficulty

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

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