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Polish and Chewa


Chewa and Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
Malawi, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
32   
14
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
510,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
0.17 %   
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   

History

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
24   
20
Not Available   

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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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.

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