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Zulu and Polish


Polish and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
Poland   

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   
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
Pan South African Language Board   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

Interesting Facts
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
  • 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
Xhosa Language   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57   
34
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
50   
35
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
Sawubona   
cześć   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
unjani   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
Dzień dobry   

Please
Ngiyacela   
proszę   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
Przepraszam   

Bye
bye   
do widzenia   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Poland   

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
40.00 million   
24

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
isiZulu   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
zoulou   
polonais   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Poles   

History

Origin
19   
1270   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Slavic   

Branch
Beatu   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Polish   

Language Position
87   
99+
24   
20

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
pol   

ISO 639 3
zul   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
poli1260   

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

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Zulu and Polish Speaking population

Zulu and Polish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Polish languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Polish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % 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 Zulu and Polish on Zulu vs Polish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Polish Language Codes

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

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