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Esperanto and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Esperanto


Countries

Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
East Asia, European Union  
Sri Lanka  

Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  
Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  

Interesting Facts
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
  • 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
Latin and Italian Languages  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
18  
15

How Many Consonants
27  
17
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Sinhala alphabet  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
Dankon  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  

Good Night
Bonan nokton  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
Bonan vesperon  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
Bonan matenon  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
Mi petas  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
Ĝis poste  
බායි (bāyi)  

I Love You
Mi amas vin  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  

Excuse Me
Pardonu!  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
Not present  
Sri Lanka  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Not present  
Sri Lankan Sinhala  

Where They Speak
Not present  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Not present  
Up-Country Sinhalese  

Where They Speak
Not present  
-  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.20 million  
99+
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Esperanto  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
espéranto  
singhalais  

German Name
Esperanto  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]  
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  

Ethnicity
Esperanto speakers  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
1887  
3  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Esperanto  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
33  
31
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Signuno  
Signed Sinhalese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eo  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
epo  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
epo  
sin  

ISO 639 3
epo  
sin  

ISO 639 6
epo  
sin  

Glottocode
espe1235  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
51-AAB-da  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Constructed  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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

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Esperanto and Sinhalese Speaking population

Esperanto and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Esperanto and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Esperanto and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Esperanto language is 0.03 % 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 Esperanto and Sinhalese on Esperanto vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Esperanto and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

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