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Countries

Countries

Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
European Union, Poland

Total No. Of Countries

42
0 46
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National Language

Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Poland

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine

Regulated By

Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)

Interesting Facts

  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  • 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

Czech Language
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages

Derived From

Czech-Slovak Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4632
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

159
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3823
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ahoj
cześć

Thank You

Ďakujem vám
dziękuję

How Are You?

Ako sa máte?
Jak się masz?

Good Night

Dobrú noc
dobranoc

Good Evening

Dobrý večer
dobry wieczór

Good Afternoon

Dobré popoludnie
dzień dobry

Good Morning

Dobré ráno
Dzień dobry

Please

Prosím
proszę

Sorry

Pardón!
Przepraszam

Bye

Dovidenia
do widzenia

I Love You

Ľúbim Ťa
kocham Cię

Excuse Me

Prepáčte!
przepraszam

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Slovak
Kashubian

Where They Speak

Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Poland

How Many People Speak

5,500,000.00108,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Slovak
Masovian

Where They Speak

Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Poland

How Many People Speak

5,500,000.0045,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Western Slovak
Silesian

Where They Speak

Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Czech Republic, Poland

How Many People Speak

5,500,000.00510,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

434
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.20 million40.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.14 %0.61 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.20 million40.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

6.00 million40.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

slovenčina
Polski

Alternative Names

Slovakian, Slovencina
Polnisch, Polski

French Name

slovaque
polonais

German Name

Slowakisch
Polnisch

Pronunciation

[ˈsləʊvæk]
[ˈpɔlski]

Ethnicity

Slovaks
Poles

History

Origin

6th Century
1270

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Slavic
Slavic

Branch

Western
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Slavic
Old Polish and Middle Polish

Standard Forms

Slovak
Polish

Language Position

2724
1 120
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Signed Forms

Slovak Sign Language
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sk
pl

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

slk
pol

ISO 639 2/B

slo
pol

ISO 639 3

slk
pol

ISO 639 6

slk
pols

Glottocode

slov1269
poli1260

Linguasphere

53-AAA-db
53-AAA-cc

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Slovak and Polish Alphabets

Slovak and Polish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Slovak and Polish. In Slovak Alphabets there are 46 letters while in Polish Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Slovak and Polish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Slovak and Polish languages. The Slovak phonology consist Slovak vowels and Slovak consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Slovak greetings vs Polish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Slovak and Polish are Most Spoken Languages.

All Slovak and Polish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Slovak and Polish dialects. Various dialects of Slovak and Polish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Slovak are spoken in different Slovak Speaking Countries whereas Polish Dialects are spoken in different Polish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Slovak vs Polish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Slovak dialects include: Eastern Slovak, Central Slovak. Polish dialects include: Kashubian , Masovian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Slovak and Polish Speaking population

Slovak and Polish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and Polish languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and Polish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Slovak and Polish on Slovak vs Polish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovak and Polish Language Codes

Slovak and Polish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Slovak and Polish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.