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Polish and Xhosa


Xhosa and Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
32   
14
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
10   
7

How Many Consonants
23   
13
43   
32

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
510,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
9   
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
0.11 %   
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   

History

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
24   
20
Not Available   

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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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.

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