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Galician and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Galicia   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

Interesting Facts
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
  • 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
Portuguese Language   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
18   
15

How Many Consonants
19   
9
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Sinhala alphabet   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ola   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
Grazas   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
Que tal estás?   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
Boas noites   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
Boa tarde   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
Bos días   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
Por favor   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
Síntoo!   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
Adeus   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
Ámote   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
Perdoe!   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
East Galicia   
Sri Lanka   

Dialect 2
Central Galician   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Central Galicia   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Western Galician   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
West Galicia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
2.40 million   
99+
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
Galego   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
galicien   
singhalais   

German Name
Galicisch   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
c. 1175   
3   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Galician   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
Not Available   
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gl   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
glg   
sin   

ISO 639 3
glg   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gali1258   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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All Galician 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 Galician and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Galician and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Galician are spoken in different Galician Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Galician vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Galician dialects include: Eastern Galician, Central Galician. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Galician and Sinhalese Speaking population

Galician and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Galician and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Galician and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Galician language is Not Available 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 Galician and Sinhalese on Galician vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Galician and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

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