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Polish vs Spanish


Spanish vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
46   
1

National Language
Poland   
Spain   

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

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

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
22   
12

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   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
cześć   
hola   

Thank You
dziękuję   
Gracias   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
dobranoc   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
Buenos Días   

Please
proszę   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
triste   

Bye
do widzenia   
adiós   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million   
31
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
Polski   
Español   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
polonais   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Polnisch   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1270   
210 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Romance   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Polish   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
24   
20
2   
2

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
spa   

ISO 639 3
pol   
spa   

ISO 639 6
pols   
Not Available   

Glottocode
poli1260   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Polish and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Spanish language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Polish vs Spanish Difficulty

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

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