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Serbian vs Polish


Polish vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
European Union, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Poland  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
25  
15
23  
13

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
cześć  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
dziękuję  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Jak się masz?  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
dobranoc  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
dobry wieczór  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
dzień dobry  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
Dzień dobry  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
proszę  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
Przepraszam  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
do widzenia  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
kocham Cię  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
przepraszam  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Kashubian  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
108,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Masovian  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
45,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Czech Republic, Poland  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
510,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
34  
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.61 %  
27

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
40.00 million  
21

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
Polski  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Polnisch, Polski  

French Name
serbe  
polonais  

German Name
Serbisch  
Polnisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[ˈpɔlski]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Poles  

History

Origin
11th Century  
1270  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Polish and Middle Polish  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Polish  

Language Position
44  
99+
24  
22

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
pl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
pol  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
pol  

ISO 639 3
srp  
pol  

ISO 639 6
srp  
pols  

Glottocode
serb1264  
poli1260  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
53-AAA-cc  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Serbian and Polish Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Polish language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century 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 Serbian and Polish Language History.

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

Serbian vs Polish Difficulty

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

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