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Belarusian and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Belarus, Gambia  
Sri Lanka  

Second Language
Poland  
Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
  • 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
Russian and Ukrainian  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
18  
15

How Many Consonants
39  
28
36  
26

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Sinhala alphabet  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
Dziakuj  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

How Are You?
Jak vy ?  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  

Good Night
Dabranač  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
Dobry viečar  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
Kali laska  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
Vybačajcie  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
da pabačennia  
බායි (bāyi)  

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus  
Sri Lanka  

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million  
26
2.00 million  
34

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
biélorusse  
singhalais  

German Name
Weißrussisch  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Belarusians  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
18th century  
3  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Eastern  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Belarusian  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
79  
99+
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
be  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
bel  
sin  

ISO 639 3
bel  
sin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bela1254  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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

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Belarusian and Sinhalese Speaking population

Belarusian and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Belarusian and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Belarusian and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 % 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 Belarusian and Sinhalese on Belarusian vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Belarusian and Sinhalese Language Codes

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