Latvian and Sinhalese
Countries
European Union, Latvia
Sri Lanka
National Language
Latvia
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
- 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
Lithuanian Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Paldies
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Labvakar
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Labdien
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Labrīt
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
lūdzu
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Piedodiet!
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Latvia
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Not Available
Where They Speak
Latvia
Not Available
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Not Available
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
latviešu valoda
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Lettish
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
letton
singhalais
German Name
Lettisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Latvian
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
latv1249
sinh1246
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
All Latvian 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 Latvian and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Sinhalese Speaking population
Latvian and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian 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 Latvian and Sinhalese on Latvian vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Sinhalese Language Codes
Latvian and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.