Countries
European Union, Poland
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Poland
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Botswana, Lesotho
  
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.
  
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Alphabets in
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
cześć
  
Molo
  
Thank You
dziękuję
  
Ndiyabulela
  
How Are You?
Jak się masz?
  
Unjani
  
Good Night
dobranoc
  
Ulale kakuhle
  
Good Evening
dobry wieczór
  
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Good Afternoon
dzień dobry
  
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Good Morning
Dzień dobry
  
Molo
  
Please
proszę
  
Ndicela
  
Sorry
Przepraszam
  
Ndicela uxolo
  
Bye
do widzenia
  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
I Love You
kocham Cię
  
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Excuse Me
przepraszam
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Kashubian
  
Gcaleka
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
108,000.00
  
99+
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Masovian
  
Thembu
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Silesian
  
Hlubi
  
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
20.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
8.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
Polski
  
isiXhosa
  
Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski
  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
French Name
polonais
  
xhosa
  
German Name
Polnisch
  
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Poles
  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Origin
1270
  
16th 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
  
isiXhosa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Signed Xhosa
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pl
  
xh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pol
  
xho
  
ISO 639 2/B
pol
  
xho
  
ISO 639 3
pol
  
xho
  
ISO 639 6
pols
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
poli1260
  
xhos1239
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc
  
99-AUT-fa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Polish and Xhosa Speaking population
Polish and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Polish vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Polish and Xhosa Language Codes
Polish and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Polish and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.