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Sinhalese and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Sri Lanka  
Abkhazia  

Second Language
Sri Lanka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54  
33
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18  
15
2  
1

How Many Consonants
36  
26
60  
36

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  
Not Available  

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  
Not Available  

Bye
බායි (bāyi)  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  
Not available  

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka  
Abkhazia  

Dialect 2
Not Available  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Caucasus  

Dialect 3
Not Available  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Turkey  

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
16.00 million  
39
0.13 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
34
Not Available  

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
singhalais  
abkhaze  

German Name
Singhalesisch  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
3  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese  
Abkhaz  

Language Position
70  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
si  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
sin  
abk  

ISO 639 3
sin  
abk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
abks  

Glottocode
sinh1246  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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

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Sinhalese and Abkhaz Speaking population

Sinhalese and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available. 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 Sinhalese and Abkhaz on Sinhalese vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Abkhaz Language Codes

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

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