Sinhalese and Finnish
Countries
Sri Lanka
European Union, Finland
National Language
Sri Lanka
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Estonia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Institute for the Languages of Finland
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.
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Kiitos
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Mitä kuuluu?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
hyvää yötä
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Hyvää iltaa
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Hyvää iltapäivää
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Hyvää huomenta
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
haluta
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Anteeksi
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Minä rakastan sinua
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Anteeksi
Dialect 1
Vedda
Colloquial Finnish
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Finland
Dialect 2
Not Available
Rauma
Where They Speak
Not Available
Finland, Rauma
Dialect 3
Not Available
Meänkieli
Where They Speak
Not Available
Finland, Sweden
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
suomi / suomen kieli
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Suomi
French Name
singhalais
finnois
German Name
Singhalesisch
Finnisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈsuomi]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
ethnic Finns
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Finno-Ugric
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
standard Finnish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Finnish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
finn1318
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Sinhalese and Finnish 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 Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Finnish Speaking population
Sinhalese and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish 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 Finnish on Sinhalese vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Finnish Language Codes
Sinhalese and Finnish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Finnish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.