Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
European Union, Poland
  
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 in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Kashubian
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Poland
  
How Many People Speak
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
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
31
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.