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Sinhalese and Esperanto


Esperanto and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
East Asia, European Union, South America   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Sri Lanka   
East Asia, European Union   

Second Language
Sri Lanka   
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe, South America   

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

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   
Akademio de Esperanto   

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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54   
33
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
27   
17

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
Halo   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
Dankon   

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   
Kiel vi sanas?   

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
Bonan nokton   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
Bonan vesperon   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
Bonan posttagmezon   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
Bonan matenon   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
Mi petas   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
Mi bedaŭras!   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
Ĝis poste   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
Mi amas vin   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
Pardonu!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
Not present   

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not present   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not present   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
0   

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
0.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
Esperanto   

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia   

French Name
singhalais   
espéranto   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Esperanto   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[espeˈranto]   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
3   
1887   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
Proto-Esperanto   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Esperanto   

Language Position
70   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signuno   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
eo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
epo   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
epo   

ISO 639 3
sin   
epo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
espe1235   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAB-da   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Constructed   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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

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Sinhalese and Esperanto Speaking population

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

Sinhalese and Esperanto Language Codes

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

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