Sinhalese and Latvian
Countries
Sri Lanka
European Union, Latvia
National Language
Sri Lanka
Latvia
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Latvian State Language Center
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Paldies
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Labdien
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Labrīt
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
lūdzu
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Piedodiet!
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Piedodiet!
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Latvia
Dialect 2
Not Available
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Not Available
Latvia
Dialect 3
Not Available
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Not Available
France, Latvia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Lettish
French Name
singhalais
letton
German Name
Singhalesisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Latvians or Letts
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Baltic
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Latvian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
latv1249
Linguasphere
No data available
54-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic
All Sinhalese and Latvian 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 Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Latvian Speaking population
Sinhalese and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian 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 Latvian on Sinhalese vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Latvian Language Codes
Sinhalese and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.