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Polish and Portuguese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
2   
13

National Language
Portugal   
Poland   

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

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

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

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

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
9   
6

How Many Consonants
19   
9
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
cześć   

Thank You
obrigado   
dziękuję   

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

Good Night
boa noite   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
Dzień dobry   

Please
Por Favor   
proszę   

Sorry
pesaroso   
Przepraszam   

Bye
tchau   
do widzenia   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Poland   

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

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Poland   

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

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Czech Republic, Poland   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
40.00 million   
24

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Português   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Português   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
portugais   
polonais   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Poles   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
1270   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Polish   

Language Position
6   
6
24   
20

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
pol   

ISO 639 3
por   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
port1283   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
53-AAA-cc   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Portuguese and Polish 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 Portuguese and Polish dialects. Various dialects of Portuguese and Polish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Portuguese are spoken in different Portuguese Speaking Countries whereas Polish Dialects are spoken in different Polish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Portuguese vs Polish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese. Polish dialects include: Kashubian , Masovian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Portuguese and Polish Speaking population

Portuguese and Polish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Polish languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Polish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 %. 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 Portuguese and Polish on Portuguese vs Polish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Polish Language Codes

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

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