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Polish and Zulu


Zulu 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   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   

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)   
Pan South African Language Board   

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.
  
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

How Many Consonants
23   
13
50   
35

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   
Sawubona   

Thank You
dziękuję   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
unjani   

Good Night
dobranoc   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
proszę   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
do widzenia   
bye   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Gabon, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Masovian   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Georgia, South Africa   

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million   
31
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
Polski   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
polonais   
zoulou   

German Name
Polnisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
1270   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Western   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Polish   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
24   
20
87   
99+

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
zul   

ISO 639 3
pol   
zul   

ISO 639 6
pols   
Not Available   

Glottocode
poli1260   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
99-AUT-fg   

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

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Polish and Zulu Speaking population

Polish and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Polish vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Polish and Zulu Language Codes

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

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