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Slovak and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  

Similar To
Czech Language   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46   
26
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
18   
15

How Many Consonants
38   
27
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Sinhala alphabet   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
Ďakujem vám   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
Dobrú noc   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
Dobrý večer   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
Dobré ráno   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
Prosím   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
Pardón!   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
Dovidenia   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   
Sri Lanka   

Dialect 2
Central Slovak   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Western Slovak   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.20 million   
99+
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
slovenčina   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
slovaque   
singhalais   

German Name
Slowakisch   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Slovaks   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
6th Century   
3   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Western   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Slovak   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
Not Available   
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sk   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
slo   
sin   

ISO 639 3
slk   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
slov1269   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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Slovak and Sinhalese Speaking population

Slovak and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. 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 Slovak and Sinhalese on Slovak vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovak and Sinhalese Language Codes

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