Countries
European Union, Poland
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
Poland
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.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
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
Jak się masz?
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
dobranoc
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
dobry wieczór
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
dzień dobry
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
Dzień dobry
  
Bon dia
  
Please
proszę
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
Przepraszam
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
do widzenia
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
kocham Cię
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
przepraszam
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
Kashubian
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
108,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Masovian
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Silesian
  
Ribagorçan
  
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
Polski
  
català
  
Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
polonais
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Polnisch
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
Poles
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
1270
  
c. 1028
  
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 Catalan
  
Standard Forms
Polish
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pl
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pol
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
pol
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
pol
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
pols
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
poli1260
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc
  
51-AAA-e
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Polish and Catalan 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 Polish and Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Polish and Catalan language. Polish word for "Hello" is cześć or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Polish Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Polish vs Catalan Difficulty
The Polish vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and Catalan 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 Polish and Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.