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
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3253
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
910
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2343
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
cześć
Molo
Thank You
dziękuję
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Jak się masz?
Unjani
Good Night
dobranoc
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
dobry wieczór
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
dzień dobry
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Dzień dobry
Molo
Please
proszę
Ndicela
Sorry
Przepraszam
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
do widzenia
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
kocham Cię
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
przepraszam
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Kashubian
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Poland
South Africa
How Many People Speak
108,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Masovian
Thembu
Where They Speak
Poland
South Africa
How Many People Speak
45,000,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Silesian
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland
South Africa
How Many People Speak
510,000.0019.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
349
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
40.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.61 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
40.00 million8.20 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
40.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Polski
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
polonais
xhosa
German Name
Polnisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Poles
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
1270
16th 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
No early forms
Standard Forms
Polish
isiXhosa
Language Position
2421
1
120
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Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
pl
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pol
xho
ISO 639 2/B
pol
xho
ISO 639 3
pol
xho
ISO 639 6
pols
xho
Glottocode
poli1260
xhos1239
Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc
99-AUT-fa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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