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Sinhalese and Belarusian


Belarusian and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
Belarus, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Sri Lanka   
Belarus, Gambia   

Second Language
Sri Lanka   
Poland   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 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.
  
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language   
Russian and Ukrainian   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54   
33
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
6   
3

How Many Consonants
36   
26
39   
28

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
dobry dzień   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
Dziakuj   

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   
Jak vy ?   

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
Dabranač   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
Dobry viečar   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
dobry dzień   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
Dobraj ranicy   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
Kali laska   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
Vybačajcie   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
da pabačennia   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
JA liubliu ciabie   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
Vybačajcie   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
North-Eastern Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
North-East Belarus   

Dialect 2
Not Available   
South-Western Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
South-West Belarus   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Middle Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Middle Belarus   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
7.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
5.89 million   
26

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)   

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian   

French Name
singhalais   
biélorusse   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Weißrussisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Belarusians   

History

Origin
3   
18th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Slavic   

Branch
Indic   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Belarusian   

Language Position
70   
99+
79   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
be   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
bel   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
bel   

ISO 639 3
sin   
bel   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
bela1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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

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Sinhalese and Belarusian Speaking population

Sinhalese and Belarusian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Belarusian languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Belarusian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 %. 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 Belarusian on Sinhalese vs Belarusian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Belarusian Language Codes

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