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Polish vs Romanian


Romanian vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
6  
9

National Language
Poland  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
23  
13
20  
10

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
alo  

Thank You
dziękuję  
multumesc  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
dobranoc  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
bună Dimineața  

Please
proszę  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
scuze  

Bye
do widzenia  
La revedere  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
250,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

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

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
99+
1,400.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
27
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Polski  
Română  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
polonais  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Polnisch  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Romanians  

History

Origin
1270  
1521  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Romanian  

Language Position
24  
22
36  
33

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
rum  

ISO 639 3
pol  
ron  

ISO 639 6
pols  
ron  

Glottocode
poli1260  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Polish and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Romanian language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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

Polish vs Romanian Difficulty

The Polish vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and Romanian 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 Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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