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
  
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.