Countries
European Union, Poland
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Poland
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
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.
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
cześć
  
Hello
  
Thank You
dziękuję
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
Jak się masz?
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
dobranoc
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
dobry wieczór
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
dzień dobry
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
Dzień dobry
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
proszę
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
Przepraszam
  
sorry
  
Bye
do widzenia
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
kocham Cię
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
przepraszam
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Kashubian
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
108,000.00
  
99+
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Masovian
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Dialect 3
Silesian
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Polski
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
polonais
  
somali
  
German Name
Polnisch
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Poles
  
Somalis
  
Origin
1270
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Polish
  
Somali
  
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pl
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pol
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
pol
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
pol
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
pols
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
poli1260
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Polish and Somali 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 Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Polish and Somali language. Polish word for "Hello" is cześć or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Polish Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Polish vs Somali Difficulty
The Polish vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and Somali 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 Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.