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Polish and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Poland   
South Africa   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

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

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

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

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
15   
12

How Many Consonants
23   
13
17   
7

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
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
cześć   
hallo   

Thank You
dziękuję   
Dankie   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
dobranoc   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
goeie more   

Please
proszę   
asseblief   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
jammer   

Bye
do widzenia   
Not Available   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Namibia   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
Not Available   

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
Polski   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
polonais   
afrikaans   

German Name
Polnisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
1270   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Germanic   

Branch
Western   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Polish   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
24   
20
Not Available   

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
afr   

ISO 639 3
pol   
afr   

ISO 639 6
pols   
afrs   

Glottocode
poli1260   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic   

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

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Polish and Afrikaans Speaking population

Polish and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Polish and Afrikaans on Polish vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Polish and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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