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Somali vs Polish


Polish vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Somalia   
Poland   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Europe   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

Interesting Facts
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
23   
13

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
cześć   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
Dzień dobry   

Please
Fadlan   
proszę   

Sorry
sorry   
Przepraszam   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
do widzenia   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Poland   

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
40.00 million   
24

Native Name
af Soomaali   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
somali   
polonais   

German Name
Somali   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Poles   

History

Origin
19th century   
1270   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Polish   

Language Position
83   
99+
24   
20

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
pol   

ISO 639 3
som   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
soma1255   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-cc   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Somali and Polish Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Polish language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Somali and Polish Language History.

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Somali and Polish Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Somali and Polish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Polish language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Polish word for "Thank You" is dziękuję. Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Polish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Somali vs Polish Difficulty

The Somali vs Polish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Polish Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Somali and Polish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Polish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Polish time required is 44 weeks.

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