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Polish vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
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  
European Union, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
2  
13

National Language
Spain  
Poland  

Second Language
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  
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  

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

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • 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
French Language  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
22  
12
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
hola  
cześć  

Thank You
Gracias  
dziękuję  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
Jak się masz?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
dobranoc  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
dobry wieczór  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
dzień dobry  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
Dzień dobry  

Please
Por Favor  
proszę  

Sorry
triste  
Przepraszam  

Bye
adiós  
do widzenia  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
kocham Cię  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
przepraszam  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Kashubian  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
5
108,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Masovian  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
8
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Czech Republic, Poland  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
9
510,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
34  
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.61 %  
25

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
Not Available  

Native Name
Español  
Polski  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Polnisch, Polski  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
polonais  

German Name
Spanisch  
Polnisch  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[ˈpɔlski]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Poles  

History

Origin
210 BC  
1270  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
Old Polish and Middle Polish  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Polish  

Language Position
2  
2
24  
20

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
pl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
pol  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
pol  

ISO 639 3
spa  
pol  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
pols  

Glottocode
stan1288  
poli1260  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
53-AAA-cc  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Spanish and Polish Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Polish language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC whereas history of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270. 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 Spanish and Polish Language History.

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

Spanish vs Polish Difficulty

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

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