Countries
European Union, Poland
  
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Poland
  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Zambia
  
Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
  
Zulu language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
cześć
  
Moni
  
Thank You
dziękuję
  
Zikomo
  
How Are You?
Jak się masz?
  
Muli bwanji?
  
Good Night
dobranoc
  
Usiku wabwino
  
Good Evening
dobry wieczór
  
Madzulo abwino
  
Good Afternoon
dzień dobry
  
Masana abwino
  
Good Morning
Dzień dobry
  
M'mawa wabwino
  
Please
proszę
  
Chonde
  
Sorry
Przepraszam
  
pepani
  
Bye
do widzenia
  
anatsanzikana
  
I Love You
kocham Cię
  
Ndimakukondani
  
Excuse Me
przepraszam
  
Pepani
  
Dialect 1
Kashubian
  
Kasungu
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak
108,000.00
  
99+
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Masovian
  
Kikamtunda
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 3
Silesian
  
Kimaravi
  
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Polski
  
Nyanja
  
Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski
  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
French Name
polonais
  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
German Name
Polnisch
  
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Poles
  
Chewa people
  
Origin
1270
  
15th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Western
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Polish
  
Chewa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pl
  
ny
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pol
  
nya
  
ISO 639 2/B
pol
  
nya
  
ISO 639 3
pol
  
nya
  
ISO 639 6
pols
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
poli1260
  
nyan1308
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc
  
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Polish and Chewa Speaking population
Polish and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 %. 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 Chewa on Polish vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Polish and Chewa Language Codes
Polish and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Polish and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.