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Swahili vs Polish


Polish vs Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   
Poland   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

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

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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  • 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Habari   
cześć   

Thank You
Asante   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
Habari gani?   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
Usiku mwema   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
Habari za jioni   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi   
Dzień dobry   

Please
tafadhali   
proszę   

Sorry
pole   
Przepraszam   

Bye
bye   
do widzenia   

I Love You
nakupenda   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
Samahani   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Kimrima   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam   
Poland   

Dialect 3
Kimgao   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Kilwa   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million   
13
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
40.00 million   
24

Native Name
Not Available   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
swahili   
polonais   

German Name
Swahili   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili   
Poles   

History

Origin
6th century   
1270   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Slavic   

Branch
Bantu   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Swahili   
Polish   

Language Position
Not Available   
24   
20

Signed Forms
Not Available   
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sw   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
swa   
pol   

ISO 639 3
swa   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
swah1254   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m   
53-AAA-cc   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Swahili and Polish Language History

Comparison of Swahili vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Swahili and Polish language. History of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Swahili and Polish Language History.

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Swahili 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 Swahili and Polish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Polish language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Polish word for "Thank You" is dziękuję. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Polish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Swahili vs Polish Difficulty

The Swahili vs Polish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili 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 Swahili and Polish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Polish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Polish time required is 44 weeks.

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