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Afrikaans and Polish


Polish and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
Poland   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • 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
Dutch Language   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
9   
6

How Many Consonants
17   
7
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
cześć   

Thank You
Dankie   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
goeie nag   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
goeie more   
Dzień dobry   

Please
asseblief   
proszę   

Sorry
jammer   
Przepraszam   

Bye
Not Available   
do widzenia   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Poland   

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million   
99+
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
40.00 million   
24

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
Not Available   

Native Name
Afrikaans   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
afrikaans   
polonais   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Poles   

History

Origin
17th Century   
1270   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Western   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Polish   

Language Position
Not Available   
24   
20

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
pol   

ISO 639 3
afr   
pol   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
pols   

Glottocode
afri1274   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
53-AAA-cc   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Afrikaans and Polish Speaking population

Afrikaans and Polish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Polish languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Polish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available 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 Afrikaans and Polish on Afrikaans vs Polish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Polish Language Codes

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

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