Countries
European Union, Poland
Ukraine
National Language
Poland
Ukraine
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
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
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.
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
Russian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
cześć
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
dziękuję
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
How Are You?
Jak się masz?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
Good Night
dobranoc
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
Good Evening
dobry wieczór
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
Good Afternoon
dzień dobry
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
Good Morning
Dzień dobry
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
Sorry
Przepraszam
вибачте (vybachte)
Bye
do widzenia
до побачення (do pobachennya)
I Love You
kocham Cię
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
Excuse Me
przepraszam
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
Dialect 1
Kashubian
Podillian
Where They Speak
Poland
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Masovian
Volynian
Where They Speak
Poland
Rivne, Volyn
Dialect 3
Silesian
Steppe
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Polski
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski
Not Available
French Name
polonais
ukrainien
German Name
Polnisch
Ukrainisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
Ethnicity
Poles
Ukrainians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
Standard Forms
Polish
Modern Ukrainian
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
Ukrainian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
pols
Not Available
Glottocode
poli1260
ukra1253
Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
All Polish and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian dialects. Various dialects of Polish and Ukrainian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Polish are spoken in different Polish Speaking Countries whereas Ukrainian Dialects are spoken in different Ukrainian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Polish vs Ukrainian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Polish dialects include: Kashubian, Masovian. Ukrainian dialects include: Podillian , Volynian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Polish and Ukrainian Speaking population
Polish and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 %. 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 Ukrainian on Polish vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Polish and Ukrainian Language Codes
Polish and Ukrainian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Polish and Ukrainian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.