Russian and Sinhalese Speaking countries
Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Sri Lanka
National Language
Russia
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Afganistan
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Sanskrit Language
Russian and Sinhalese as Minority Language
In Russian and Sinhalese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Russian and Sinhalese as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.
- Russian as minority language: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
- Sinhalese as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.
If you want to compare Russian and Sinhalese dialects, then you can go to Russian vs Sinhalese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.
Russian and Sinhalese Regulators
Russian and Sinhalese speaking countries provide you Russian and Sinhalese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences regulates Russian language.Sinhalese is regulated by Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල). Also get to learn, Russian and Sinhalese Language History.
Russian and Sinhalese Continents
Thinking about Russian and Sinhalese continents in which Russian and Sinhalese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Russian and Sinhalese. Most of the Russian 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 Russian and Sinhalese languages:
Russian Interesting Facts:
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
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 Russian language was derived from Proto-Slavic Vocabulary and is similar to Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages whereas Russian language is similar to Maldivian Language and derived from Sanskrit Language.