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Polish and Japanese


Japanese and Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Poland  
Japan  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Pacific  

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

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

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Korean Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
dziękuję  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

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

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

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

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

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
proszę  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

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

Bye
do widzenia  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

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

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Kagawa  

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

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Fukuoka  

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

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
kansai  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
27
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Polski  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Nihongo  

French Name
polonais  
japonais  

German Name
Polnisch  
Japanisch  

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

Ethnicity
Poles  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
1270  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Polish  
Japanese  

Language Position
24  
22
8  
8

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
pol  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
pols  
jpn  

Glottocode
poli1260  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Polish and Japanese Speaking population

Polish and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Polish vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Polish and Japanese Language Codes

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

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