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Polish vs Sinhalese


Sinhalese vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Poland  
Sri Lanka  

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  

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.
  
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
18  
15

How Many Consonants
23  
13
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Sinhala alphabet  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
dziękuję  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  

Good Night
dobranoc  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
proszę  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
do widzenia  
බායි (bāyi)  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Sri Lanka  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Sri Lankan Sinhala  

Where They Speak
Poland  
-  

How Many People Speak
45,000,000.00  
14
19,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Up-Country Sinhalese  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
-  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
27
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Polski  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
polonais  
singhalais  

German Name
Polnisch  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
1270  
3  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Western  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
24  
22
70  
99+

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  
Signed Sinhalese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
sin  

ISO 639 3
pol  
sin  

ISO 639 6
pols  
sin  

Glottocode
poli1260  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Polish and Sinhalese Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Sinhalese language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Sinhalese language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Sinhalese language states that this language originated in 3. 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 Polish and Sinhalese Language History.

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Polish and Sinhalese 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 Polish and Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Polish and Sinhalese language. Polish word for "Hello" is cześć or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Polish Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Polish vs Sinhalese Difficulty

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

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