Countries
European Union, Poland
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Poland
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
Armenian
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
cześć
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
dziękuję
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Jak się masz?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
dobranoc
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
dobry wieczór
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
dzień dobry
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Dzień dobry
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
proszę
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Przepraszam
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
do widzenia
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
kocham Cię
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
przepraszam
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Kashubian
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Poland
Greece
Where They Speak
Poland
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Silesian
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Polski
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
polonais
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Polnisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Poles
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Polish
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
poli1260
gree1276
Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Polish and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Polish and Greek language. Polish word for "Hello" is cześć or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Polish Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Polish vs Greek Difficulty
The Polish vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.