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Welsh vs Polish


Polish vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
European Union, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Wales  
Poland  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
  • 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
English Language  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  

Derived From
British Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
cześć  

Thank You
Diolch  
dziękuję  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
Jak się masz?  

Good Night
Nos da  
dobranoc  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
dobry wieczór  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
dzień dobry  

Good Morning
Bore da  
Dzień dobry  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
proszę  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
Przepraszam  

Bye
Hwyl  
do widzenia  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
kocham Cię  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
przepraszam  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Kashubian  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
108,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Masovian  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
45,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Czech Republic, Poland  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
510,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
34  
27

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.61 %  
27

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
40.00 million  
21

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
Polski  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Polnisch, Polski  

French Name
gallois  
polonais  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Polnisch  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
[ˈpɔlski]  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Poles  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1270  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Slavic  

Branch
Brythonic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  
Old Polish and Middle Polish  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Polish  

Language Position
31  
29
24  
22

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
pl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
pol  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
pol  

ISO 639 3
cym  
pol  

ISO 639 6
cym  
pols  

Glottocode
wels1247  
poli1260  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
53-AAA-cc  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Welsh and Polish Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Polish language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Welsh and Polish Language History.

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

Welsh vs Polish Difficulty

The Welsh vs Polish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh 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 Welsh and Polish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Polish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Polish time required is 44 weeks.

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