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Spanish vs Polish


Countries

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  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
46  
1

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

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

Alphabets
32  
14
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
22  
12

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  
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  

Dialects

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
510,000.00  
22
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
25
6.15 %  
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  

History

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  

Language Position
24  
20
2  
2

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Polish and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Spanish language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Polish and Spanish Language History.

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Polish and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Polish and Spanish language. Polish word for "Hello" is cześć or Spanish word for "Thank You" is Gracias. Find more of such common Polish Greetings and Spanish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Polish vs Spanish Difficulty

The Polish vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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