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Slovene and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
  • 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
Serbo-Croatian   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25   
7
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
18   
15

How Many Consonants
20   
10
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Sinhala alphabet   

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
Halo   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
Hvala   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

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

Good Night
Lahko noč   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
Dober večer   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
Dober dan   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
Prosim   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
Oprostite   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
Nasvidenje   
බායි (bāyi)   

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

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia   
Sri Lanka   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Resian   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Styrian   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Slovenia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
48   
31
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
Not available   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

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

French Name
slovène   
singhalais   

German Name
Slowenisch   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Slovenes   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
972-1093   
3   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Slovene   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
Not Available   
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sl   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
slv   
sin   

ISO 639 3
slv   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
slov1268   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional   

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

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Slovene and Sinhalese Speaking population

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

Slovene and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

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