Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
European Union, Poland
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Poland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
  
Interesting Facts
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
- 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
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
cześć
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
dziękuję
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
Jak się masz?
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
dobranoc
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
dobry wieczór
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
dzień dobry
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
Dzień dobry
  
Please
Fadlan
  
proszę
  
Sorry
sorry
  
Przepraszam
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
do widzenia
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
kocham Cię
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
przepraszam
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Kashubian
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Poland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
108,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Masovian
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Poland
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Silesian
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Czech Republic, Poland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
31
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
Polski
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Polnisch, Polski
  
French Name
somali
  
polonais
  
German Name
Somali
  
Polnisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈpɔlski]
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Poles
  
Origin
19th century
  
1270
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Polish and Middle Polish
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Polish
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
pl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
pol
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
pol
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
pol
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
pols
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
poli1260
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-cc
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Somali 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 Somali and Polish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Polish language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Polish word for "Thank You" is dziękuję. Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Polish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Somali vs Polish Difficulty
The Somali vs Polish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali 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 Somali and Polish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Polish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Polish time required is 44 weeks.