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Polish and Slovak


Slovak and Polish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

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
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
15  
12

How Many Consonants
23  
13
38  
27

Scripts
Latin  
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  
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
108,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

How Many People Speak
45,000,000.00  
14
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
27
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
6.00 million  
99+

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
24  
22
27  
25

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  

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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.

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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.

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