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Sinhalese and Slovene


Slovene and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
European Union, Slovenia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Sri Lanka   
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia   

Second Language
Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Austria, Hungary, Italy   

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts   

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 Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language   
Serbo-Croatian   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54   
33
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
20   
10

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)   
Halo   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
Hvala   

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   
Kako se imate?   

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
Lahko noč   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
Dober večer   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
Dober dan   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
Dobro jutro   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
Prosim   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
Oprostite   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
Nasvidenje   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
Ljubim te   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
Oprostite   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Prekmurje Slovene   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
Hungary, Slovenia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Resian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Italy   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Styrian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Slovenia   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
48   
31

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
2.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
Not Available   

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   
Slovenian, Slovenscina   

French Name
singhalais   
slovène   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Slowenisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Slovenes   

History

Origin
3   
972-1093   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Slovene   

Language Position
70   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
sl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
slv   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
slv   

ISO 639 3
sin   
slv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
slov1268   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-f   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional   

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

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Sinhalese and Slovene Speaking population

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

Sinhalese and Slovene Language Codes

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

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