Countries
European Union, Poland
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
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 in
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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?
40.00 million
  
31
231.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Polish and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Polish and Portuguese language. Polish word for "Hello" is cześć or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Polish Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Polish vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Polish vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.