Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
European Union, Poland
  
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 in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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?
231.00 million
  
7
40.00 million
  
31
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Portuguese and Polish 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 Portuguese and Polish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Polish language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Polish word for "Thank You" is dziękuję. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Polish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Polish Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Polish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Polish 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 Portuguese and Polish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Polish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Polish time required is 44 weeks.