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Sinhalese and Russian


Russian and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Sri Lanka   
Russia   

Second Language
Sri Lanka   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

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.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54   
33
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
10   
7

How Many Consonants
36   
26
21   
11

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Olonets   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   
Russki   

French Name
singhalais   
russe   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Russians   

History

Origin
3   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Slavic   

Branch
Indic   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
70   
99+
7   
7

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
rus   

ISO 639 3
sin   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Sinhalese and Russian Speaking population

Sinhalese and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Sinhalese vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Russian Language Codes

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

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