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