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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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