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Sinhalese and Estonian


Estonian and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Sri Lanka   
Estonia, Gambia   

Second Language
Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language   
Finnish   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54   
33
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
9   
6

How Many Consonants
36   
26
18   
8

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
Tere   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
aitäh   

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
Tere hommikust   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
Palun   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
Vabandust   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
Head aega   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Georgia, South Estonia   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Idamurre   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
0.95 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
Not Available   

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   
Eesti keel   

French Name
singhalais   
estonien   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Estonians   

History

Origin
3   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Indic   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Estonian   

Language Position
70   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
est   

ISO 639 3
sin   
est   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
esto1258   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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

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Sinhalese and Estonian Speaking population

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

Sinhalese and Estonian Language Codes

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

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