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Azerbaijani vs Sinhalese


Sinhalese vs Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia  
Sri Lanka  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  

Interesting Facts
  • Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
  • Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
  
  • 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
Turkish  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
Osmanly language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200  
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
18  
15

How Many Consonants
23  
13
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Sinhala alphabet  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

How Are You?
necəsən  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  

Good Night
yaxşı gecə  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
lütfən  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
üzr  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
xudafiz  
බායි (bāyi)  

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
Russia  
Sri Lanka  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
20
19,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Gazakh  
Sri Lankan Sinhala  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
-  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
18
19,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Baku  
Up-Country Sinhalese  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
-  

How Many People Speak
37.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
33  
26
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
26.00 million  
39
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.34 %  
39
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
azéri  
singhalais  

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
16th Century  
3  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
38  
35
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Azerbaijani  
Signed Sinhalese  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
az  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
aze  
sin  

ISO 639 3
aze  
sin  

ISO 639 6
aze  
sin  

Glottocode
azer1255  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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Azerbaijani and Sinhalese Language History

Comparison of Azerbaijani vs Sinhalese language history gives us differences between origin of Azerbaijani and Sinhalese language. History of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Sinhalese language states that this language originated in 3. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Azerbaijani and Sinhalese Language History.

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Azerbaijani and Sinhalese 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 Azerbaijani and Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Azerbaijani and Sinhalese language. Azerbaijani word for "Hello" is Salam or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Azerbaijani Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Azerbaijani vs Sinhalese Difficulty

The Azerbaijani vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Azerbaijani Alphabets and Sinhalese 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 Azerbaijani and Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Azerbaijani and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Azerbaijani is 44 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.

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