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Basque and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
France, Spain   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • 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
Spanish   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
18   
15

How Many Consonants
21   
11
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Sinhala alphabet   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
Eskerrik asko   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
Zer moduz?   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
Gabon   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
Arratsalde on   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
Egun on   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
Mesedez   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
Barkatu   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
Agur   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
Maite zaitut   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
Barkatu   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
France   
Sri Lanka   

How Many People Speak
68,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Souletin   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
8,700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Biscayan   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.20 million   
99+
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
Not available   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
basque   
singhalais   

German Name
Baskisch   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Basque people   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
c. 1000   
3   

Language Family
Vasconic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Basque   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
Not Available   
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
eu   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
baq   
sin   

ISO 639 3
eus   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
basq1248   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional   

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

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Basque and Sinhalese Speaking population

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

Basque and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

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