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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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