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Portuguese and Polish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
10   
6

National Language
Poland   
Portugal   

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

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

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

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

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
Spanish and Galician Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
9   
6

How Many Consonants
23   
13
19   
9

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   
Olá   

Thank You
dziękuję   
obrigado   

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

Good Night
dobranoc   
boa noite   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
boa Noite   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
boa Tarde   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
bom Dia   

Please
proszę   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
pesaroso   

Bye
do widzenia   
tchau   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Masovian   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Portugal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million   
31
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Polski   
Português   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Português   

French Name
polonais   
portugais   

German Name
Polnisch   
Portugiesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
1270   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Romance   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Polish   
Portuguese   

Language Position
24   
20
6   
6

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
por   

ISO 639 3
pol   
por   

ISO 639 6
pols   
Not Available   

Glottocode
poli1260   
port1283   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Polish and Portuguese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Polish and Portuguese dialects. Various dialects of Polish and Portuguese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Polish are spoken in different Polish Speaking Countries whereas Portuguese Dialects are spoken in different Portuguese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Polish vs Portuguese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Polish dialects include: Kashubian, Masovian. Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese , European Portuguese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Polish and Portuguese Speaking population

Polish and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Polish and Portuguese on Polish vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Polish and Portuguese Language Codes

Polish and Portuguese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Polish and Portuguese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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