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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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