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Abkhaz and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Abkhazia  
Sri Lanka  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  

Interesting Facts
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
  • 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
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62  
36
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
18  
15

How Many Consonants
60  
36
36  
26

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Sinhala alphabet  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks  
8
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
Not Available  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
Not Available  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
බායි (bāyi)  

I Love You
Not available  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  

Excuse Me
Not available  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Sri Lanka  

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million  
99+
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
2.00 million  
34

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
abkhaze  
singhalais  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
3  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
Not Available  
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
sin  

ISO 639 3
abk  
sin  

ISO 639 6
abks  
Not Available  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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

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Abkhaz and Sinhalese Speaking population

Abkhaz and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. 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 Abkhaz and Sinhalese on Abkhaz vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Abkhaz and Sinhalese Language Codes

Abkhaz and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Abkhaz and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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