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Sinhalese and Azerbaijani


Azerbaijani and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
7   
8

National Language
Sri Lanka   
Azerbaijan, Gambia   

Second Language
Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences   

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.
  
  • Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
  • Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language   
Turkish   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Osmanly language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
54   
33
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
9   
6

How Many Consonants
36   
26
23   
13

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Latin   

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
Salam   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
Təşəkkür edirəm   

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   
necəsən   

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
yaxşı gecə   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
Axşamınız xeyir   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
Günortanız Xeyir   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
Sabahınız xeyir   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
lütfən   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
üzr   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
xudafiz   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
Mən səni sevirəm   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
Bağışlayın   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Derbent   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
Russia   

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Gazakh   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Azerbaijan   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Baku   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Azerbaijan   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
33   
26

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
26.00 million   
39

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.34 %   
37

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
Not Available   

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي   

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish   

French Name
singhalais   
azéri   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Aserbeidschanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Azerbaijani   

History

Origin
3   
16th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Turkic   

Branch
Indic   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Azerbaijani   

Language Position
70   
99+
38   
30

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
az   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
aze   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
aze   

ISO 639 3
sin   
aze   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
azer1255   

Linguasphere
No data available   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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

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Sinhalese and Azerbaijani Speaking population

Sinhalese and Azerbaijani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Azerbaijani languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Azerbaijani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Azerbaijani language is 0.34 %. 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 Azerbaijani on Sinhalese vs Azerbaijani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Azerbaijani Language Codes

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