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Polish vs Portuguese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
2  
13

National Language
Portugal  
Poland  

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

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

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
9  
6

How Many Consonants
19  
9
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
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
cześć  

Thank You
obrigado  
dziękuję  

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

Good Night
boa noite  
dobranoc  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
dobry wieczór  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
dzień dobry  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
Dzień dobry  

Please
Por Favor  
proszę  

Sorry
pesaroso  
Przepraszam  

Bye
tchau  
do widzenia  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
kocham Cię  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
przepraszam  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Kashubian  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Poland  

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

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Masovian  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Poland  

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

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Czech Republic, Poland  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
34  
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.61 %  
27

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
40.00 million  
21

Native Name
Português  
Polski  

Alternative Names
Português  
Polnisch, Polski  

French Name
portugais  
polonais  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Polnisch  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[ˈpɔlski]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Poles  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
1270  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Old Polish and Middle Polish  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Polish  

Language Position
6  
6
24  
22

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
pl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
pol  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
pol  

ISO 639 3
por  
pol  

ISO 639 6
por  
pols  

Glottocode
port1283  
poli1260  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
53-AAA-cc  

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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Portuguese and Polish Language History

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

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

Portuguese vs Polish Difficulty

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

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