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Polish and Zulu


Zulu and Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
23  
13
50  
35

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

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
108,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Masovian  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Georgia, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
45,000,000.00  
14
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
20

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
27
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
16.00 million  
33

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
24  
22
87  
99+

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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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.

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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.

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