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Russian and Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Poland  
Russia  

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
10  
7

How Many Consonants
23  
13
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

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  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
dziękuję  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
dobranoc  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
proszę  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
do widzenia  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
45,000,000.00  
14
154,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
Novgorod  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
99+
154,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
27
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Polski  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Russki  

French Name
polonais  
russe  

German Name
Polnisch  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Russians  

History

Origin
1270  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Slavic  

Branch
Western  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
24  
22
7  
7

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
rus  

ISO 639 3
pol  
rus  

ISO 639 6
pols  
rus  

Glottocode
poli1260  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
53-AAA-ea  

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

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Polish and Russian Speaking population

Polish and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Polish vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Polish and Russian Language Codes

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

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