Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Sri Lanka
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Spain
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
- 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
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2754
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
518
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2336
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hola
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
Gràcies
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Com estàs?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Bona nit
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Bona nit
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Bon dia
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Sisplau
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Perdó!
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
Adéu
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
T'estimo
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Caló
Vedda
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
440,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Valencian
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Spain
-
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Spain
-
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0016,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
81
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.20 million16.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.12 %0.25 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.10 million16.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
català
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
catalan; valencien
singhalais
German Name
Katalanisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Sinhalese people
Origin
c. 1028
3
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
3270
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ca
si
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
sin
ISO 639 2/B
cat
sin
ISO 639 3
cat
sin
ISO 639 6
cat
sin
Glottocode
stan1289
sinh1246
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional