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Polish vs Igbo


Igbo vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Poland   
Nigeria   

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   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

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.
  
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
8   
5

How Many Consonants
23   
13
28   
18

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
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
cześć   
kedụ   

Thank You
dziękuję   
dalụ   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
dobranoc   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
proszę   
Biko   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
Ndo   

Bye
do widzenia   
Not Available   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million   
31
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
Not Available   

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
25.00 million   
32

Native Name
Polski   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Ibo   

French Name
polonais   
igbo   

German Name
Polnisch   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
1270   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Kwa   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Polish   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
24   
20
57   
99+

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
pol   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
pols   
Not Available   

Glottocode
poli1260   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Polish and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Igbo language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC. 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 Igbo Language History.

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

Polish vs Igbo Difficulty

The Polish vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and Igbo 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 Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.

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