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Croatian and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
1  
14

National Language
Austria  
Sri Lanka  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
18  
15

How Many Consonants
25  
15
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Sinhala alphabet  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
bok  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
hvala  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

How Are You?
kako si  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  

Good Night
laku noć  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
molim  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
Oprostite  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
Doviđenja  
බායි (bāyi)  

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

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Sri Lanka  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Sri Lankan Sinhala  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
-  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Up-Country Sinhalese  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
-  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
hrvatski  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
croate  
singhalais  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
9th century  
3  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
23  
21
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Signed Sinhalese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
sin  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
sin  

ISO 639 6
hrv  
sin  

Glottocode
croa1245  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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All Croatian 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 Croatian and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Croatian and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Croatian are spoken in different Croatian Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Croatian vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Croatian dialects include: Chakavian, Chakavian. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Croatian and Sinhalese Speaking population

Croatian and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % 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 Croatian and Sinhalese on Croatian vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Croatian and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

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