Countries
Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Sri Lanka
Total No. Of Countries
6
9
1
14
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Spain
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
- 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 Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
27
9
54
33
Phonology
How Many Vowels
5
2
18
15
How Many Consonants
23
13
36
26
Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
5
4
2
1
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks
6
44 weeks
11
Greetings
Hello
Hola
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
Gràcies
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Com estàs?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Bona nit
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Bona nit
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Bon dia
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Sisplau
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Perdó!
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
Adéu
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
T'estimo
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Caló
Vedda
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
440,000.00
35
Not Available
Dialect 2
Valencian
Not Available
Where They Speak
Spain
Not Available
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
19
Not Available
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Not Available
Where They Speak
Spain
Not Available
Total No. Of Dialects
8
8
1
1
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
99+
16.00 million
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
0.25 %
99+
Native Speakers
4.10 million
99+
16.00 million
39
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
28
2.00 million
34
Native Name
català
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
catalan; valencien
singhalais
German Name
Katalanisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Not Available
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Sinhalese people
History
Origin
c. 1028
3
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
Not Available
70
99+
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ca
si
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
sin
ISO 639 2/B
cat
sin
ISO 639 3
cat
sin
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1289
sinh1246
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
