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Lithuanian and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Lithuania   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Poland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

Interesting Facts
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  
  • 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
Latvian   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200   
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
32   
14
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
18   
15

How Many Consonants
20   
10
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Sinhala alphabet   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
Ačiū   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
Labanakt   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
Labas vakaras   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
Laba diena   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
Labas rytas   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
Prašom   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
atsiprašau   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
Ate   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
Aš myliu tave   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Sri Lanka   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Curonian   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
lietuvių kalba   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
lituanien   
singhalais   

German Name
Litauisch   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Lithuanians   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
c. 1503   
3   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Baltic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Lithuanian   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
Not Available   
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lt   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
lit   
sin   

ISO 639 3
lit   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
lith1251   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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Lithuanian and Sinhalese Speaking population

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

Lithuanian and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

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