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Countries

Countries

South Africa
European Union, Poland

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
Poland

Second Language

Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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

Pan South African Language Board
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • 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

Xhosa Language
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5732
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

79
0 32
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How Many Consonants

5023
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

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

Sawubona
cześć

Thank You

Ngiyabonga
dziękuję

How Are You?

unjani
Jak się masz?

Good Night

okuhle ebusuku
dobranoc

Good Evening

okuhle kusihlwa
dobry wieczór

Good Afternoon

okuhle ntambama
dzień dobry

Good Morning

okuhle ekuseni
Dzień dobry

Please

Ngiyacela
proszę

Sorry

Ngiyaxolisa
Przepraszam

Bye

bye
do widzenia

I Love You

Ngiyakuthanda wena
kocham Cię

Excuse Me

Uxolo
przepraszam

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qwabe
Kashubian

Where They Speak

Gabon, South Africa
Poland

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.00108,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Masovian

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Africa
Poland

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0045,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ndebele
Silesian

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Czech Republic, Poland

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.00510,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

434
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million40.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.16 %0.61 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million40.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million40.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiZulu
Polski

Alternative Names

Isizulu, Zunda
Polnisch, Polski

French Name

zoulou
polonais

German Name

Zulu-Sprache
Polnisch

Pronunciation

[zuːlu]
[ˈpɔlski]

Ethnicity

Zulu people
Poles

History

Origin

19
1270

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Slavic

Branch

Beatu
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

urban Zulu
Old Polish and Middle Polish

Standard Forms

Deep Zulu
Polish

Language Position

8724
1 120
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Signed Forms

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

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

zu
pl

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

zul
pol

ISO 639 2/B

zul
pol

ISO 639 3

zul
pol

ISO 639 6

zul
pols

Glottocode

zulu1248
poli1260

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fg
53-AAA-cc

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Zulu and Polish Alphabets

Zulu and Polish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and Polish. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in Polish Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Zulu and Polish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and Polish languages. The Zulu phonology consist Zulu vowels and Zulu consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Zulu greetings vs Polish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and Polish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Zulu and Polish Speaking population

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

Zulu and Polish Language Codes

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