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Polish and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
European Union, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Japan  
Poland  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Europe  

Minority Language
Palau  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
14  
4
23  
13

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
cześć  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
dziękuję  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
Jak się masz?  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
dobranoc  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
dobry wieczór  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
dzień dobry  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
Dzień dobry  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
proszę  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
Przepraszam  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
do widzenia  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
kocham Cię  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
przepraszam  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Kashubian  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
108,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Masovian  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
45,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Czech Republic, Poland  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
510,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
34  
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.61 %  
27

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
40.00 million  
21

Native Name
日本語  
Polski  

Alternative Names
Nihongo  
Polnisch, Polski  

French Name
japonais  
polonais  

German Name
Japanisch  
Polnisch  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[ˈpɔlski]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Poles  

History

Origin
1185  
1270  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Old Polish and Middle Polish  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Polish  

Language Position
8  
8
24  
22

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
pl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
pol  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
pol  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
pol  

ISO 639 6
jpn  
pols  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
poli1260  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
53-AAA-cc  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Japanese and Polish Speaking population

Japanese and Polish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Polish languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Polish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Polish on Japanese vs Polish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Polish Language Codes

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

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