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Sinhalese and Russian


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   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
18   
15

How Many Consonants
21   
11
36   
26

Scripts
Cyrillic   
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
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Sri Lanka   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
Русский   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
russe   
singhalais   

German Name
Russisch   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
3   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Eastern   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
7   
7
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
sin   

ISO 639 3
rus   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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Russian and Sinhalese Speaking population

Russian and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Sinhalese on Russian vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Sinhalese Language Codes

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