Sinhalese and Dutch Speaking countries

Sinhalese and Dutch as Minority Language

In Sinhalese and Dutch speaking countries you will get the countries which have Sinhalese and Dutch as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

If you want to compare Sinhalese and Dutch dialects, then you can go to Sinhalese vs Dutch Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Sinhalese and Dutch Regulators

Sinhalese and Dutch speaking countries provide you Sinhalese and Dutch regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල) regulates Sinhalese language.Dutch is regulated by Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union). Also get to learn, Sinhalese and Dutch Language History.

Sinhalese and Dutch Continents

Thinking about Sinhalese and Dutch continents in which Sinhalese and Dutch speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Sinhalese and Dutch. Most of the Sinhalese speaking countries lie in Asia. While Dutch speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe, North America, South America. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Sinhalese and Dutch languages:

Sinhalese 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.

Dutch Interesting Facts:

• Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
• There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.

The Sinhalese language was derived from Sanskrit Language and is similar to Maldivian Language whereas Sinhalese language is similar to German and English Languages and derived from Not Available.