Countries
European Union, Poland
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
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.
Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.