Afrikaans and Polish
Countries
South Africa
European Union, Poland
National Language
South Africa
Poland
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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
Dutch Language
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets in
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Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Dankie
dziękuję
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Jak się masz?
Good Night
goeie nag
dobranoc
Good Evening
Goeienaand
dobry wieczór
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
dzień dobry
Good Morning
goeie more
Dzień dobry
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
kocham Cię
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
przepraszam
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Kashubian
Where They Speak
-
Poland
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Masovian
Where They Speak
-
Poland
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Silesian
Where They Speak
Namibia
Czech Republic, Poland
Native Name
Afrikaans
Polski
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Polnisch, Polski
French Name
afrikaans
polonais
German Name
Afrikaans
Polnisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈpɔlski]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Poles
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old Polish and Middle Polish
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Polish
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
poli1260
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
53-AAA-cc
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional, Synthetic
All Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Polish dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Polish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Polish Dialects are spoken in different Polish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Polish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Polish dialects include: Kashubian , Masovian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Polish Speaking population
Afrikaans and Polish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Polish languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Polish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % 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 Afrikaans and Polish on Afrikaans vs Polish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Polish Language Codes
Afrikaans and Polish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Polish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.