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Polish and Swahili


Swahili and Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Poland  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

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)  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
Habari  

Thank You
dziękuję  
Asante  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
dobranoc  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
proszę  
tafadhali  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
pole  

Bye
do widzenia  
bye  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Dar es Salaam  

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
22
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
25
Not Available  

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
15.00 million  
40

Native Name
Polski  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
polonais  
swahili  

German Name
Polnisch  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
1270  
6th 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  
Swahili  

Language Position
24  
20
Not Available  

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
swa  

ISO 639 3
pol  
swa  

ISO 639 6
pols  
Not Available  

Glottocode
poli1260  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
99-AUS-m  

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

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Polish and Swahili Speaking population

Polish and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili 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 Swahili on Polish vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Polish and Swahili Language Codes

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

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