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Yoruba vs Polish


Polish vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Nigeria   
Poland   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
9   
6

How Many Consonants
17   
7
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
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
cześć   

Thank You
e dupe   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
Dzień dobry   

Please
Jowo   
proszę   

Sorry
binu   
Przepraszam   

Bye
bye   
do widzenia   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Ede   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
40.00 million   
24

Native Name
Yorùbá   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
yoruba   
polonais   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Poles   

History

Origin
4 BC   
1270   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Kwa   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Polish   

Language Position
49   
36
24   
20

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
pol   

ISO 639 3
yor   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-cc   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Yoruba and Polish Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Polish language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC 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 Yoruba and Polish Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Polish Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Polish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Polish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Polish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Polish time required is 44 weeks.

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