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Slovak vs Polish


Polish vs Slovak


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

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
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
46  
26
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
9  
6

How Many Consonants
38  
27
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
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

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
5,500,000.00  
99+
108,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Slovak  
Masovian  

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
45,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Western Slovak  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  
Czech Republic, Poland  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
37
510,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
34  
27

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.61 %  
27

Native Speakers
5.20 million  
99+
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
40.00 million  
21

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
27  
25
24  
22

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  

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Slovak and Polish Language History

Comparison of Slovak vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Slovak and Polish language. History of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak and Polish Language History.

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

Slovak vs Polish Difficulty

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

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