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Xhosa vs Polish


Polish vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
Poland   

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa   
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

Interesting Facts
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
  • 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
9   
6

How Many Consonants
43   
32
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
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Molo   
cześć   

Thank You
Ndiyabulela   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
Unjani   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
Molo   
Dzień dobry   

Please
Ndicela   
proszę   

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo   
Przepraszam   

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   
do widzenia   

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Thembu   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Poland   

Dialect 3
Hlubi   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
34   
27

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
40.00 million   
24

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
Not Available   

Native Name
isiXhosa   
Polski   

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
xhosa   
polonais   

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   
Poles   

History

Origin
16th 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
isiXhosa   
Polish   

Language Position
Not Available   
24   
20

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa   
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
xh   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
xho   
pol   

ISO 639 3
xho   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
xhos1239   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa   
53-AAA-cc   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Xhosa and Polish Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Polish language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Xhosa and Polish Language History.

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

Xhosa vs Polish Difficulty

The Xhosa vs Polish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Polish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Polish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Polish time required is 44 weeks.

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