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Azerbaijani and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

Interesting Facts
  • Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
  • Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
  
  • 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
Turkish   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Osmanly language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Azerbaijani-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
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Salam   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
necəsən   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
yaxşı gecə   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
lütfən   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
üzr   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
xudafiz   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Russia   
Sri Lanka   

Dialect 2
Gazakh   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Baku   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
33   
26
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
26.00 million   
39
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.34 %   
37
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
azéri   
singhalais   

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
16th Century   
3   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
38   
30
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
az   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
aze   
sin   

ISO 639 3
aze   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
azer1255   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional   

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

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Azerbaijani and Sinhalese Speaking population

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