Countries
Sri Lanka
  
Belarus, Poland
  
National Language
Sri Lanka
  
Belarus, Gambia
  
Second Language
Sri Lanka
  
Poland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
  
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
Similar To
Maldivian Language
  
Russian and Ukrainian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
  
dobry dzień
  
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
  
Dziakuj
  
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
  
Jak vy ?
  
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
  
Dabranač
  
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
  
Dobry viečar
  
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
  
dobry dzień
  
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
  
Dobraj ranicy
  
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
  
Kali laska
  
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
  
Vybačajcie
  
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
  
da pabačennia
  
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
  
JA liubliu ciabie
  
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
  
Vybačajcie
  
Dialect 1
Vedda
  
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
  
North-East Belarus
  
Dialect 2
Not Available
  
South-Western Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
South-West Belarus
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Middle Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Middle Belarus
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
9.63 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
16.00 million
  
39
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
5.89 million
  
26
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
  
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
  
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
  
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
  
French Name
singhalais
  
biélorusse
  
German Name
Singhalesisch
  
Weißrussisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
  
Belarusians
  
Origin
3
  
18th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
  
Old East Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
  
Belarusian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
si
  
be
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sin
  
bel
  
ISO 639 2/B
sin
  
bel
  
ISO 639 3
sin
  
bel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sinh1246
  
bela1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Sinhalese and Belarusian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Sinhalese and Belarusian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sinhalese and Belarusian language. Sinhalese word for "Hello" is හලෝ (halō) or Belarusian word for "Thank You" is Dziakuj. Find more of such common Sinhalese Greetings and Belarusian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sinhalese vs Belarusian Difficulty
The Sinhalese vs Belarusian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese Alphabets and Belarusian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Sinhalese and Belarusian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and Belarusian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn Belarusian time required is Not Available.