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Romanian vs Polish


Polish vs Romanian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

National Language
Moldova, Romania  
Poland  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

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

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
20  
10
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
alo  
cześć  

Thank You
multumesc  
dziękuję  

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

Good Night
noapte Buna  
dobranoc  

Good Evening
buna Seara  
dobry wieczór  

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua  
dzień dobry  

Good Morning
bună Dimineața  
Dzień dobry  

Please
Vă Rog  
proszę  

Sorry
scuze  
Przepraszam  

Bye
La revedere  
do widzenia  

I Love You
Te iubesc  
kocham Cię  

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma  
przepraszam  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Kashubian  

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

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

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Masovian  

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

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

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Czech Republic, Poland  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
34  
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.61 %  
27

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
40.00 million  
21

Native Name
Română  
Polski  

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

French Name
roumain; moldave  
polonais  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Polnisch  

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]  
[ˈpɔlski]  

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Poles  

History

Origin
1521  
1270  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
Old Polish and Middle Polish  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
Polish  

Language Position
36  
33
24  
22

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ro  
pl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron  
pol  

ISO 639 2/B
rum  
pol  

ISO 639 3
ron  
pol  

ISO 639 6
ron  
pols  

Glottocode
roma1327  
poli1260  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
53-AAA-cc  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Romanian and Polish Language History

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

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

Romanian vs Polish Difficulty

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

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