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Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
10  
6

National Language
Poland  
Portugal  

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
9  
6

How Many Consonants
23  
13
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
Olá  

Thank You
dziękuję  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
Como você está?  

Good Night
dobranoc  
boa noite  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
bom Dia  

Please
proszę  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
pesaroso  

Bye
do widzenia  
tchau  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Masovian  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
45,000,000.00  
14
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
99+
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
27
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Polski  
Português  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Português  

French Name
polonais  
portugais  

German Name
Polnisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
1270  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Romance  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Portuguese  

Language Position
24  
22
6  
6

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
por  

ISO 639 3
pol  
por  

ISO 639 6
pols  
por  

Glottocode
poli1260  
port1283  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
51-AAA-a  

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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Polish and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Portuguese language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. 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 Polish and Portuguese Language History.

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

Polish vs Portuguese Difficulty

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

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