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Countries

Countries

European Union, Poland
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia

Total No. Of Countries

24
0 46
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National Language

Poland
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine

Regulated By

Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic

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.
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.

Similar To

Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
Czech Language

Derived From

-
Czech-Slovak Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3246
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

915
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2338
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

cześć
Ahoj

Thank You

dziękuję
Ďakujem vám

How Are You?

Jak się masz?
Ako sa máte?

Good Night

dobranoc
Dobrú noc

Good Evening

dobry wieczór
Dobrý večer

Good Afternoon

dzień dobry
Dobré popoludnie

Good Morning

Dzień dobry
Dobré ráno

Please

proszę
Prosím

Sorry

Przepraszam
Pardón!

Bye

do widzenia
Dovidenia

I Love You

kocham Cię
Ľúbim Ťa

Excuse Me

przepraszam
Prepáčte!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kashubian
Eastern Slovak

Where They Speak

Poland
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin

How Many People Speak

108,000.005,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Masovian
Central Slovak

Where They Speak

Poland
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec

How Many People Speak

45,000,000.005,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Silesian
Western Slovak

Where They Speak

Czech Republic, Poland
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie

How Many People Speak

510,000.005,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

344
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

40.00 million5.20 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.61 %0.14 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

40.00 million5.20 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

40.00 million6.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Polski
slovenčina

Alternative Names

Polnisch, Polski
Slovakian, Slovencina

French Name

polonais
slovaque

German Name

Polnisch
Slowakisch

Pronunciation

[ˈpɔlski]
[ˈsləʊvæk]

Ethnicity

Poles
Slovaks

History

Origin

1270
6th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Slavic
Slavic

Branch

Western
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Polish and Middle Polish
Proto-Slavic

Standard Forms

Polish
Slovak

Language Position

2427
1 120
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Signed Forms

System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
Slovak Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

pl
sk

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

pol
slk

ISO 639 2/B

pol
slo

ISO 639 3

pol
slk

ISO 639 6

pols
slk

Glottocode

poli1260
slov1269

Linguasphere

53-AAA-cc
53-AAA-db

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic

Polish and Slovak Alphabets

Polish and Slovak Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Polish and Slovak. In Polish Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Slovak Alphabets there are 46 letters. To learn Polish and Slovak languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Polish and Slovak languages. The Polish phonology consist Polish vowels and Polish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Polish greetings vs Slovak greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Polish and Slovak are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Polish and Slovak Speaking population

Polish and Slovak speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Slovak languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Slovak Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 %. 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 Slovak on Polish vs Slovak where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Polish and Slovak Language Codes

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