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Polish and Shona


Shona and Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Poland  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  
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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.
  
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Kalanga and Nambya Language  

Derived From
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
46  
34

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
Mhoro  

Thank You
dziękuję  
Waita zvako  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
Wakadini zvako?  

Good Night
dobranoc  
Urare zvakanaka  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
Manheru  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
Masikati  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
Mangwanani  

Please
proszę  
Ndinokumbirawo  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
Ndineurombo  

Bye
do widzenia  
bye  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
Poland  
southern Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
45,000,000.00  
14
1,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
99+
16.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
27
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
8.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Polski  
chiShona  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  

French Name
polonais  
shona  

German Name
Polnisch  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
[ʃoːna]  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Shona people  

History

Origin
1270  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Western  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish  
Old Shona and Middle Shona  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Standard Shona  

Language Position
24  
22
107  
99+

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  
Signed Shona  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
sna  

ISO 639 3
pol  
sna  

ISO 639 6
pols  
sna  

Glottocode
poli1260  
core1255  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
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All Polish and Shona 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 Shona dialects. Various dialects of Polish and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Polish are spoken in different Polish Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Polish vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Polish dialects include: Kashubian, Masovian. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Polish and Shona Speaking population

Polish and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Polish vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Polish and Shona Language Codes

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

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