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Russian and Sinhalese Speaking countries


Sinhalese and Russian Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Russia   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

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   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

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.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Sanskrit Language   

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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:

Sinhalese Interesting Facts:

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.

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