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Shona vs Polish


Polish vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
46   
34
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.61 %   
25

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   

History

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   

Language Position
107   
99+
24   
20

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Shona and Polish Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Polish language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270. 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 Shona and Polish Language History.

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

Shona vs Polish Difficulty

The Shona vs Polish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Polish 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 Shona and Polish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Polish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Polish time required is 44 weeks.

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