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Polish vs Swahili


Swahili vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Poland   
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   

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)   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
21   
11

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
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
cześć   
Habari   

Thank You
dziękuję   
Asante   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
dobranoc   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
proszę   
tafadhali   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
pole   

Bye
do widzenia   
bye   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Zanzibar island   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Dar es Salaam   

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Kilwa   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million   
31
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
Not Available   

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
15.00 million   
40

Native Name
Polski   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
polonais   
swahili   

German Name
Polnisch   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
1270   
6th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Western   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Polish   
Swahili   

Language Position
24   
20
Not Available   

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
swa   

ISO 639 3
pol   
swa   

ISO 639 6
pols   
Not Available   

Glottocode
poli1260   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
99-AUS-m   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Polish and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Swahili language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Swahili Language History.

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

Polish vs Swahili Difficulty

The Polish vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.

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