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Polish vs Afrikaans


Afrikaans vs 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  
Namibia, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  

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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Dutch Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Dutch Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
15  
12

How Many Consonants
23  
13
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
hallo  

Thank You
dziękuję  
Dankie  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
Hoe gaan dit  

Good Night
dobranoc  
goeie nag  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
Goeienaand  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
Goeie middag  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
goeie more  

Please
proszę  
asseblief  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
jammer  

Bye
do widzenia  
Not Available  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
Ek het jou lief  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
Verskoon my  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Kaapse Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Oranjeriverafrikaans  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Baster Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
Namibia  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
22
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
25
Not Available  

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
10.30 million  
22

Native Name
Polski  
Afrikaans  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Cape Dutch  

French Name
polonais  
afrikaans  

German Name
Polnisch  
Afrikaans  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Afrikaners  

History

Origin
1270  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Germanic  

Branch
Western  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Standard Afrikaans  

Language Position
24  
20
Not Available  

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
af  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
afr  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
afr  

ISO 639 3
pol  
afr  

ISO 639 6
pols  
afrs  

Glottocode
poli1260  
afri1274  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
52-ACB-ba  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic  

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Polish and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Afrikaans language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Polish and Afrikaans Language History.

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Polish and Afrikaans Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Polish and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Polish and Afrikaans language. Polish word for "Hello" is cześć or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Polish Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Polish vs Afrikaans Difficulty

The Polish vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Polish and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.

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