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Catalan vs Polish


Polish vs Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
2   
13

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain   
Poland   

Second Language
Spain   
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

Interesting Facts
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
  • 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 Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200   
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
23   
13
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hola   
cześć   

Thank You
Gràcies   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
Com estàs?   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
Bona nit   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
Bona nit   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
Bon dia   
Dzień dobry   

Please
Sisplau   
proszę   

Sorry
Perdó!   
Przepraszam   

Bye
Adéu   
do widzenia   

I Love You
T'estimo   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
Dispensi!   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
35
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Valencian   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00   
19
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
34   
27

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
4.10 million   
99+
40.00 million   
24

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million   
28
Not Available   

Native Name
català   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
catalan; valencien   
polonais   

German Name
Katalanisch   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Catalan people   
Poles   

History

Origin
c. 1028   
1270   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian   
Polish   

Language Position
Not Available   
24   
20

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ca   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
cat   
pol   

ISO 639 3
cat   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
stan1289   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-e   
53-AAA-cc   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Catalan and Polish Language History

Comparison of Catalan vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Catalan and Polish language. History of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028 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 Catalan and Polish Language History.

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

Catalan vs Polish Difficulty

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

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