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Macedonian and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

Interesting Facts
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian 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
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
18   
15

How Many Consonants
26   
16
36   
26

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   
Sinhala alphabet   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
жал (žal)   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
Чао (Čao)   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Sri Lanka   

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Debar   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
macédonien   
singhalais   

German Name
Makedonisch   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Macedonians   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
2200 BC   
3   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Southern   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Macedonian   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
Not Available   
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mk   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
mac   
sin   

ISO 639 3
mkd   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mace1250   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Fusional   

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

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Macedonian and Sinhalese Speaking population

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

Macedonian and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

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