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Polish vs Somali


Somali vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
32   
14
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
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
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
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   

History

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   

Language Position
24   
20
83   
99+

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Polish and Somali Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Somali language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Somali language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th 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 Somali Language History.

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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.

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