Countries
South Africa
  
European Union, Poland
  
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 in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
31
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.