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Polish and Greek


Greek and Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

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

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Armenian  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
23  
13
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
dziękuję  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

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

Good Night
dobranoc  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
proszę  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
do widzenia  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Greece  

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

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Italy  

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

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
Ukraine  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
27
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
13.00 million  
37

Native Name
Polski  
ελληνικά  

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

French Name
polonais  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Polnisch  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
1270  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Hellenic  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Polish  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
24  
22
74  
99+

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
gre  

ISO 639 3
pol  
ell  

ISO 639 6
pols  
ells  

Glottocode
poli1260  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
56-AAA-a  

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

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Polish and Greek Speaking population

Polish and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Polish and Greek on Polish vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Polish and Greek Language Codes

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

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