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Zulu and Polish


Polish and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
European Union, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

Alphabets
57  
34
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
50  
35
23  
13

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
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
28,000,000.00  
24
108,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Masovian  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
Poland  

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

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Czech Republic, Poland  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
34  
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
0.61 %  
27

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
40.00 million  
21

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
87  
99+
24  
22

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  

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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.

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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.

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