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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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