Countries
Sri Lanka
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
National Language
Sri Lanka
Turkey
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Turkish Language Association
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.
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Azerbaijani Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
teşekkür ederim
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Nasılsın?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
İyi Geceler
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
İyi Akşamlar
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Tünaydın
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
günaydın
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
lütfen
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
üzgünüm
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Seni seviyorum
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Afedersiniz
Dialect 1
Vedda
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
Not Available
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Gagauz
Where They Speak
Not Available
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Türkçe
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Anatolian, Türkisch
French Name
singhalais
turc
German Name
Singhalesisch
Türkisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Turkish
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Turkic
Branch
Indic
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Signed Forms
Not Available
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
nucl1301
Linguasphere
No data available
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic
All Sinhalese and Turkish 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 Turkish dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Turkish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Turkish Dialects are spoken in different Turkish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Turkish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Turkish dialects include: Azerbaijani Turkish , Crimean Turkish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Turkish Speaking population
Sinhalese and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. 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 Turkish on Sinhalese vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Turkish Language Codes
Sinhalese and Turkish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Turkish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.