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Countries

European Union, Finland
Sri Lanka

Total No. Of Countries

21
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National Language

Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Sri Lanka

Second Language

Estonia
Sri Lanka

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Asia

Minority Language

Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Institute for the Languages of Finland
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)

Interesting Facts

  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  • 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

Estonian and Livonian Languages
Maldivian Language

Derived From

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Sanskrit Language

Finnish vs Sinhalese Countries

Comparing Finnish vs Sinhalese countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Finnish and Sinhalese languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Finnish is official language is 2 whereas total number of countries where Sinhalese is official language is 1

Find if Finnish and Sinhalese are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Finnish and Sinhalese speaking countries will give you the presence of Finnish and Sinhalese languages in different countries. Along with Finnish vs Sinhalese countries, you can also compare Finnish vs Sinhalese.

Finnish and Sinhalese as Minority Language

In Finnish and Sinhalese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Finnish and Sinhalese as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Finnish as minority language: Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden.
  • Sinhalese as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.

If you want to compare Finnish and Sinhalese dialects, then you can go to Finnish vs Sinhalese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Finnish and Sinhalese Regulators

Finnish and Sinhalese speaking countries provide you Finnish and Sinhalese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Institute for the Languages of Finland regulates Finnish language.Sinhalese is regulated by Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල). Also get to learn, Finnish and Sinhalese Language History.

Finnish and Sinhalese Continents

Thinking about Finnish and Sinhalese continents in which Finnish and Sinhalese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Finnish and Sinhalese. Most of the Finnish speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. While Sinhalese speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Finnish and Sinhalese languages:

Finnish Interesting Facts:

  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.

Sinhalese Interesting Facts:

  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.

The Finnish language was derived from and is similar to Estonian and Livonian Languages whereas Finnish language is similar to Maldivian Language and derived from Sanskrit Language.