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Sinhalese and Basque


Basque and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Sri Lanka   
France, Spain   

Second Language
Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

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

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   

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 Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language   
Spanish   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54   
33
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
21   
11

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
Kaixo   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
Eskerrik asko   

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   
Zer moduz?   

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
Gabon   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
Arratsalde on   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
Arratsalde on   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
Egun on   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
Mesedez   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
Barkatu   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
Agur   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
Maite zaitut   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
Barkatu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Navarro-Lapurdian   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
France   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
68,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Souletin   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
France, Soule, Spain   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
8,700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Biscayan   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Spain   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
7.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
Not Available   

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   

French Name
singhalais   
basque   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Baskisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Basque people   

History

Origin
3   
c. 1000   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Vasconic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Basque   

Language Position
70   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
eu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
eus   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
baq   

ISO 639 3
sin   
eus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
basq1248   

Linguasphere
No data available   
40-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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

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Sinhalese and Basque Speaking population

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

Sinhalese and Basque Language Codes

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

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