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Countries

Countries

European Union, Poland
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Poland
South Africa

Second Language

Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
Namibia, South Africa

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa

Minority Language

Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Regulated By

Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.

Similar To

Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
Dutch Language

Derived From

-
Dutch Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3232
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

915
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2317
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

cześć
hallo

Thank You

dziękuję
Dankie

How Are You?

Jak się masz?
Hoe gaan dit

Good Night

dobranoc
goeie nag

Good Evening

dobry wieczór
Goeienaand

Good Afternoon

dzień dobry
Goeie middag

Good Morning

Dzień dobry
goeie more

Please

proszę
asseblief

Sorry

Przepraszam
jammer

Bye

do widzenia
Totsiens

I Love You

kocham Cię
Ek het jou lief

Excuse Me

przepraszam
Verskoon my

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kashubian
Kaapse Afrikaans

Where They Speak

Poland
-

How Many People Speak

108,000.007,700,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Masovian
Oranjeriverafrikaans

Where They Speak

Poland
-

How Many People Speak

45,000,000.007,700,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Silesian
Baster Afrikaans

Where They Speak

Czech Republic, Poland
Namibia

How Many People Speak

510,000.007.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

343
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

40.00 million19.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.61 %0.03 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

40.00 million7.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

40.00 million10.30 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Polski
Afrikaans

Alternative Names

Polnisch, Polski
Cape Dutch

French Name

polonais
afrikaans

German Name

Polnisch
Afrikaans

Pronunciation

[ˈpɔlski]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]

Ethnicity

Poles
Afrikaners

History

Origin

1270
17th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Slavic
Germanic

Branch

Western
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Polish and Middle Polish
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch

Standard Forms

Polish
Standard Afrikaans

Language Position

2423
1 120
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Signed Forms

System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

pl
af

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

pol
afr

ISO 639 2/B

pol
afr

ISO 639 3

pol
afr

ISO 639 6

pols
afrs

Glottocode

poli1260
afri1274

Linguasphere

53-AAA-cc
52-ACB-ba

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic

Polish and Afrikaans Alphabets

Polish and Afrikaans Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Polish and Afrikaans. In Polish Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Polish and Afrikaans languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Polish and Afrikaans languages. The Polish phonology consist Polish vowels and Polish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Polish greetings vs Afrikaans greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Polish and Afrikaans are Most Spoken Languages.

All Polish and Afrikaans 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 Polish and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Polish and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Polish are spoken in different Polish Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Polish vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Polish dialects include: Kashubian, Masovian. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Polish and Afrikaans Speaking population

Polish and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. 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 Polish and Afrikaans on Polish vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Polish and Afrikaans Language Codes

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