Countries
Zimbabwe
  
European Union, Poland
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Poland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
  
Interesting Facts
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
cześć
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
dziękuję
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
Jak się masz?
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
dobranoc
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
dobry wieczór
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
dzień dobry
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
Dzień dobry
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
proszę
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
Przepraszam
  
Bye
bye
  
do widzenia
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
kocham Cię
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
przepraszam
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Kashubian
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Poland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
108,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Masovian
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Poland
  
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Silesian
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Czech Republic, Poland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
Not Available
  
Polski
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Polnisch, Polski
  
French Name
shona
  
polonais
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Polnisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈpɔlski]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Poles
  
Origin
20th century
  
1270
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Old Polish and Middle Polish
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Polish
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
pl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
pol
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
pol
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
pol
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
pols
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
poli1260
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
53-AAA-cc
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
All Shona and Polish Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Shona and Polish dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Polish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Polish Dialects are spoken in different Polish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Polish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Polish dialects include: Kashubian , Masovian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Shona and Polish Speaking population
Shona and Polish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Polish languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Polish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Shona and Polish on Shona vs Polish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Polish Language Codes
Shona and Polish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Polish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.