Countries
European Union, Poland
  
Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Poland
  
Botswana, Mozambique, 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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  
Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
  
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
cześć
  
Mhoro
  
Thank You
dziękuję
  
Waita zvako
  
How Are You?
Jak się masz?
  
Wakadini zvako?
  
Good Night
dobranoc
  
Urare zvakanaka
  
Good Evening
dobry wieczór
  
Manheru
  
Good Afternoon
dzień dobry
  
Masikati
  
Good Morning
Dzień dobry
  
Mangwanani
  
Please
proszę
  
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Sorry
Przepraszam
  
Ndineurombo
  
Bye
do widzenia
  
bye
  
I Love You
kocham Cię
  
Ndinokuda
  
Excuse Me
przepraszam
  
Pamusoro
  
Dialect 1
Kashubian
  
Hwesa
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
108,000.00
  
99+
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Masovian
  
Karanga
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
southern Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 3
Silesian
  
Zezuru
  
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland
  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
8.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
Polski
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski
  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
French Name
polonais
  
shona
  
German Name
Polnisch
  
Schona-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Poles
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1270
  
20th 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
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Polish
  
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pl
  
sn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pol
  
sna
  
ISO 639 2/B
pol
  
sna
  
ISO 639 3
pol
  
sna
  
ISO 639 6
pols
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
poli1260
  
core1255
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc
  
99-AUT-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
All Polish and Shona 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 Shona dialects. Various dialects of Polish and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Polish are spoken in different Polish Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Polish vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Polish dialects include: Kashubian, Masovian. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Polish and Shona Speaking population
Polish and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Polish vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Polish and Shona Language Codes
Polish and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Polish and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.