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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
Not Available   
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   
11
44 weeks   
11

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+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
Not Available   

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 %   
25
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
Polski   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

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

French Name
polonais   
singhalais   

German Name
Polnisch   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
Not Available   

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   
20
70   
99+

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

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   
Not Available   

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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