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Sinhalese and Polish


Polish and 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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All Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese and Polish dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Polish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Polish Dialects are spoken in different Polish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Polish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Polish dialects include: Kashubian , Masovian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sinhalese and Polish Speaking population

Sinhalese and Polish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Polish languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Polish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % 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 Sinhalese and Polish on Sinhalese vs Polish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Polish Language Codes

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