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Polish vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   
Yoruba 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.
  
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
32   
14
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
12   
9

How Many Consonants
23   
13
17   
7

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
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
cześć   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
dziękuję   
e dupe   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
dobranoc   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
e kaaro   

Please
proszę   
Jowo   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
binu   

Bye
do widzenia   
bye   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million   
31
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
28.00 million   
29

Native Name
Polski   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
polonais   
yoruba   

German Name
Polnisch   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
1270   
4 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Western   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Polish   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
24   
20
49   
36

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
yor   

ISO 639 3
pol   
yor   

ISO 639 6
pols   
Not Available   

Glottocode
poli1260   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Polish and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Yoruba language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 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 Yoruba Language History.

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

Polish vs Yoruba Difficulty

The Polish vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.

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