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Sinhalese and Ukrainian


Ukrainian and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Sri Lanka   
Ukraine   

Second Language
Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54   
33
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
6   
3

How Many Consonants
36   
26
22   
12

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

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)   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
будь ласк   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
39.00 million   
25

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
Not Available   

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   
Not Available   

French Name
singhalais   
ukrainien   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
3   
1561   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Slavic   

Branch
Indic   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
70   
99+
26   
22

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
sin   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

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

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Sinhalese and Ukrainian Speaking population

Sinhalese and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 %. 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 Ukrainian on Sinhalese vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Ukrainian Language Codes

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

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