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Chewa vs Polish


Polish vs Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
European Union, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Poland  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Zambia  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
-  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • 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 language  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
18  
8
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Moni  
cześć  

Thank You
Zikomo  
dziękuję  

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?  
Jak się masz?  

Good Night
Usiku wabwino  
dobranoc  

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino  
dobry wieczór  

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino  
dzień dobry  

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino  
Dzień dobry  

Please
Chonde  
proszę  

Sorry
pepani  
Przepraszam  

Bye
anatsanzikana  
do widzenia  

I Love You
Ndimakukondani  
kocham Cię  

Excuse Me
Pepani  
przepraszam  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu  
Kashubian  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
108,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Masovian  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
45,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Czech Republic, Poland  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
510,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
34  
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million  
99+
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.61 %  
27

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
40.00 million  
21

Native Name
Nyanja  
Polski  

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  
Polnisch, Polski  

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  
polonais  

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache  
Polnisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]  
[ˈpɔlski]  

Ethnicity
Chewa people  
Poles  

History

Origin
15th 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
Chewa  
Polish  

Language Position
27  
25
24  
22

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ny  
pl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya  
pol  

ISO 639 2/B
nya  
pol  

ISO 639 3
nya  
pol  

ISO 639 6
nya  
pols  

Glottocode
nyan1308  
poli1260  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag  
53-AAA-cc  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Chewa and Polish Language History

Comparison of Chewa vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Chewa and Polish language. History of Chewa language states that this language originated in 15th Century 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 Chewa and Polish Language History.

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

Chewa vs Polish Difficulty

The Chewa vs Polish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa 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 Chewa and Polish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Polish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is 32 weeks while to learn Polish time required is 44 weeks.

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