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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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