--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Gunnar Gällmo <gunnargallmo@...> wrote:

>
> --- mahipaliha <mahipal6@...> skrev:
>
> > > Would learning Sinhala help one learn Pali?
> >
> > It may, but S. being a living Language would be
> > even harder to
> > master than Pali.
>
> Isn't there also, in modern Sinhalese, a great
> difference between written and spoken language? That
> would make it even harder.

You mean, it will become like learning two languages? Won't be so
bad as that, but there is indeed a big difference, which, though, is
whittling down under the impact of modern electronic media.

I must also add that my reference to 3rd century in the earlier
posting should be understood as 3rd c. B.C.

Mahinda