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 in
Alphabets
3246
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
915
0
32
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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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!
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
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
344
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million5.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.61 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
40.00 million5.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million6.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Polski
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
polonais
slovaque
German Name
Polnisch
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]
[ˈsləʊvæk]
Ethnicity
Poles
Slovaks
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
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