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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
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

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)
Pan South African Language Board

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.
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.

Similar To

Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
Xhosa Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3257
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

97
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2350
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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Greetings

Hello

cześć
Sawubona

Thank You

dziękuję
Ngiyabonga

How Are You?

Jak się masz?
unjani

Good Night

dobranoc
okuhle ebusuku

Good Evening

dobry wieczór
okuhle kusihlwa

Good Afternoon

dzień dobry
okuhle ntambama

Good Morning

Dzień dobry
okuhle ekuseni

Please

proszę
Ngiyacela

Sorry

Przepraszam
Ngiyaxolisa

Bye

do widzenia
bye

I Love You

kocham Cię
Ngiyakuthanda wena

Excuse Me

przepraszam
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kashubian
Qwabe

Where They Speak

Poland
Gabon, South Africa

How Many People Speak

108,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Masovian
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu

Where They Speak

Poland
Georgia, South Africa

How Many People Speak

45,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Silesian
Ndebele

Where They Speak

Czech Republic, Poland
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

510,000.0028,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

344
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

40.00 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.61 %0.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

40.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

40.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Polski
isiZulu

Alternative Names

Polnisch, Polski
Isizulu, Zunda

French Name

polonais
zoulou

German Name

Polnisch
Zulu-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈpɔlski]
[zuːlu]

Ethnicity

Poles
Zulu people

History

Origin

1270
19

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Slavic
Benue-Congo

Branch

Western
Beatu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Polish and Middle Polish
urban Zulu

Standard Forms

Polish
Deep Zulu

Language Position

2487
1 120
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Signed Forms

System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
Zulu Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

pl
zu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

pol
zul

ISO 639 2/B

pol
zul

ISO 639 3

pol
zul

ISO 639 6

pols
zul

Glottocode

poli1260
zulu1248

Linguasphere

53-AAA-cc
99-AUT-fg

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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Polish and Zulu Alphabets

Polish and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Polish and Zulu. In Polish Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Polish and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Polish and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Polish and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Polish and Zulu Speaking population

Polish and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Polish vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Polish and Zulu Language Codes

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