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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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