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Sinhalese vs Polish


Polish vs Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Sri Lanka   
Poland   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  
  • 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
Maldivian Language   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54   
33
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
9   
6

How Many Consonants
36   
26
23   
13

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
cześć   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
dziękuję   

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

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
Dzień dobry   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
proszę   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
Przepraszam   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
do widzenia   

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

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Poland   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
34   
27

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
40.00 million   
24

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
Not Available   

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
Polski   

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

French Name
singhalais   
polonais   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Poles   

History

Origin
3   
1270   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Slavic   

Branch
Indic   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Polish   

Language Position
70   
99+
24   
20

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
pol   

ISO 639 3
sin   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
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
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Sinhalese and Polish Language History

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

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

Sinhalese vs Polish Difficulty

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

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