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Somali vs Polish


Polish vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
European Union, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
26  
8
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
23  
13

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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  
510,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
34  
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.61 %  
25

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  

History

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  

Language Position
83  
99+
24  
20

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Somali and Polish Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Polish language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th 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 Somali and Polish Language History.

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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.

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