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Polish vs Turkish


Turkish vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
11  
5

National Language
Poland  
Turkey  

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  
Turkish Language Association  

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

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
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
Merhaba  

Thank You
dziękuję  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
dobranoc  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
günaydın  

Please
proszę  
lütfen  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
üzgünüm  

Bye
do widzenia  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
45,000,000.00  
14
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
27
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Polski  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
polonais  
turc  

German Name
Polnisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Turkish  

History

Origin
1270  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Turkic  

Branch
Western  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
24  
22
19  
17

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
tur  

ISO 639 3
pol  
tur  

ISO 639 6
pols  
tur  

Glottocode
poli1260  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Polish and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Turkish language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Polish vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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