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English vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
33  
2

National Language
Poland  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  
South Africa  

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  
-  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
Hello  

Thank You
dziękuję  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
How are you?  

Good Night
dobranoc  
Good Night  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
Good Morning  

Please
proszę  
Please  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
Sorry  

Bye
do widzenia  
Bye  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
I love you  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
American English  

Where They Speak
Poland  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
45,000,000.00  
14
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
27
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
Polski  
English  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
English  

French Name
polonais  
anglais  

German Name
Polnisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Poles  
English people  

History

Origin
1270  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Standard English  

Language Position
24  
22
3  
3

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
eng  

ISO 639 3
pol  
eng  

ISO 639 6
pols  
engs  

Glottocode
poli1260  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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Polish and English Language History

Comparison of Polish vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and English language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 English Language History.

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Polish and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Polish and English language. Polish word for "Hello" is cześć or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Polish Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Polish vs English Difficulty

The Polish vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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