Countries
European Union, Poland
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
Poland
  
Spain
  
Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
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.
  
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
cześć
  
hola
  
Thank You
dziękuję
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
Jak się masz?
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
dobranoc
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
dobry wieczór
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
dzień dobry
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
Dzień dobry
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
proszę
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Przepraszam
  
triste
  
Bye
do widzenia
  
adiós
  
I Love You
kocham Cię
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
przepraszam
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Kashubian
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
108,000.00
  
99+
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Masovian
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Silesian
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
489.00 million
  
3
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
Polski
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
polonais
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Polnisch
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Poles
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1270
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Polish
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pl
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pol
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
pol
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
pol
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
pols
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
poli1260
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic