Russian and Sinhalese Speaking countries

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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

Sri Lanka

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

0 46

1.3 National Language

Russia

Sri Lanka

1.4 Second Language

Afganistan

Sri Lanka

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe

Asia

1.6 Minority Language

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.7 Regulated By

Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)

1.8 Interesting Facts

In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.

In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.

1.9 Similar To

Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages

Maldivian Language

1.10 Derived From

Proto-Slavic Vocabulary

Sanskrit Language

Russian vs Sinhalese Countries

Comparing Russian vs Sinhalese countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Russian and Sinhalese languages.

Russian Speaking Countries: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan.
Sinhalese Speaking Countries: Sri Lanka.

So we find that, total number of countries where Russian is official language is 4 whereas total number of countries where Sinhalese is official language is 1

Find if Russian and Sinhalese are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Russian and Sinhalese speaking countries will give you the presence of Russian and Sinhalese languages in different countries. Along with Russian vs Sinhalese countries, you can also compare Russian vs Sinhalese.

Russian and Sinhalese as Minority Language

In Russian and Sinhalese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Russian and Sinhalese as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

Russian as minority language: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
Sinhalese as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.

If you want to compare Russian and Sinhalese dialects, then you can go to Russian vs Sinhalese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Russian and Sinhalese Regulators

Russian and Sinhalese speaking countries provide you Russian and Sinhalese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences regulates Russian language.Sinhalese is regulated by Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල). Also get to learn, Russian and Sinhalese Language History.

Russian and Sinhalese Continents

Thinking about Russian and Sinhalese continents in which Russian and Sinhalese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Russian and Sinhalese. Most of the Russian speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. While Sinhalese speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Russian and Sinhalese languages:

Russian Interesting Facts:

In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.

Sinhalese Interesting Facts:

In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.

The Russian language was derived from Proto-Slavic Vocabulary and is similar to Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages whereas Russian language is similar to Maldivian Language and derived from Sanskrit Language.