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Polish vs Czech


Czech vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
Czech Republic, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Poland  
Czech Republic  

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  
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  
Institute of the Czech 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.
  
  • The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
32  
21

How Many Consonants
23  
13
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
ahoj  

Thank You
dziękuję  
děkuji  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
Jak se máš?  

Good Night
dobranoc  
dobrou noc  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
dobré odpoledne  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
dobré ráno  

Please
proszę  
prosím  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
litovat  

Bye
do widzenia  
sbohem  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
Miluji tě  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
promiňte  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Chod  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Chodsko, Bohemia  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Lach  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia  

How Many People Speak
45,000,000.00  
14
10,500,000.00  
36

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Moravian  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
99+
108,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
13  
13

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
27
0.15 %  
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Polski  
čeština / český jazyk  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Bohemian, Cestina  

French Name
polonais  
tchèque  

German Name
Polnisch  
Tschechisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Czechs  

History

Origin
1270  
9th 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-Czech, Old Czech  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Standard Czech  

Language Position
24  
22
73  
99+

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  
Czech Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
cs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
ces  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
cze  

ISO 639 3
pol  
ces  

ISO 639 6
pols  
ces  

Glottocode
poli1260  
czec1258  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
53-AAA-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Polish and Czech Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Czech language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Czech language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Czech language states that this language originated in 9th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Polish and Czech Language History.

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Polish and Czech Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Polish and Czech greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Polish and Czech language. Polish word for "Hello" is cześć or Czech word for "Thank You" is děkuji. Find more of such common Polish Greetings and Czech Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Polish vs Czech Difficulty

The Polish vs Czech difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and Czech Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Polish and Czech are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and Czech, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn Czech time required is 44 weeks.

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