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Abkhaz and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Abkhazia   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

Interesting Facts
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
  • 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
Adyghe language, Abaza language   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Caucasian languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62   
36
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2   
1
18   
15

How Many Consonants
60   
36
36   
26

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Sinhala alphabet   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks   
8
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
Not Available   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
Not Available   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
Not available   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
Not available   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Abkhazia   
Sri Lanka   

Dialect 2
Abzhywa   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Caucasus   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Sadz   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Turkey   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million   
99+
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
abkhaze   
singhalais   

German Name
Abchasisch   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
c. 1650   
3   

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Abkhaz   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
Not Available   
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ab   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
abk   
sin   

ISO 639 3
abk   
sin   

ISO 639 6
abks   
Not Available   

Glottocode
abkh1244   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional   

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

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Abkhaz and Sinhalese Speaking population

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

Abkhaz and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

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