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Polish vs Amharic


Amharic vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Poland   
Ethiopia   

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)   
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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Amharic-1.jpg#200   

Alphabets
32   
14
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

How Many Consonants
23   
13
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Ethiopic   

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
cześć   
Selam   

Thank You
dziękuję   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
dobranoc   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
proszę   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
aznallehu   

Bye
do widzenia   
tschao   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Gondar   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Polski   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
polonais   
amharique   

German Name
Polnisch   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Amharas   

History

Origin
1270   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Semitic   

Branch
Western   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Polish   
Amharic   

Language Position
24   
20
55   
40

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
amh   

ISO 639 3
pol   
amh   

ISO 639 6
pols   
Not Available   

Glottocode
poli1260   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Polish and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Amharic language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Amharic Language History.

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Polish and Amharic 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 Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Polish and Amharic language. Polish word for "Hello" is cześć or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Polish Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Polish vs Amharic Difficulty

The Polish vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and Amharic 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 Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.

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