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Swahili and Polish


Polish and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  
European Union, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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  • 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Habari  
cześć  

Thank You
Asante  
dziękuję  

How Are You?
Habari gani?  
Jak się masz?  

Good Night
Usiku mwema  
dobranoc  

Good Evening
Habari za jioni  
dobry wieczór  

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri  
dzień dobry  

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi  
Dzień dobry  

Please
tafadhali  
proszę  

Sorry
pole  
Przepraszam  

Bye
bye  
do widzenia  

I Love You
nakupenda  
kocham Cię  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
przepraszam  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Kashubian  

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
108,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Masovian  

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
Poland  

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
Czech Republic, Poland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
510,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
34  
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.61 %  
25

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
40.00 million  
24

Native Name
Not Available  
Polski  

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  
Polnisch, Polski  

French Name
swahili  
polonais  

German Name
Swahili  
Polnisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈpɔlski]  

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili  
Poles  

History

Origin
6th century  
1270  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Slavic  

Branch
Bantu  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Polish and Middle Polish  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Polish  

Language Position
Not Available  
24  
20

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

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
pl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
pol  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
pol  

ISO 639 3
swa  
pol  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
pols  

Glottocode
swah1254  
poli1260  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
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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All Swahili 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 Swahili and Polish dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Polish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Polish Dialects are spoken in different Polish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Polish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Polish dialects include: Kashubian , Masovian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Swahili and Polish Speaking population

Swahili and Polish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Polish languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Polish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available 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 Swahili and Polish on Swahili vs Polish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Polish Language Codes

Swahili and Polish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Polish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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