Sinhalese and Basque
Countries
Sri Lanka
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
National Language
Sri Lanka
France, Spain
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
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 Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Spanish
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Zer moduz?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Gabon
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Egun on
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Mesedez
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Barkatu
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Vedda
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
France
Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Souletin
Where They Speak
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France, Soule, Spain
Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Biscayan
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Euskara
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
singhalais
basque
German Name
Singhalesisch
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[bɑːsk]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Basque people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Basque
Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Basque Sign Language
Glottocode
sinh1246
basq1248
Linguasphere
No data available
40-AAA-a
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative
All Sinhalese and Basque 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 Sinhalese and Basque dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Basque language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Basque Dialects are spoken in different Basque speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Basque Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian , Souletin. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Basque Speaking population
Sinhalese and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 %. 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 Sinhalese and Basque on Sinhalese vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Basque Language Codes
Sinhalese and Basque language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Basque Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.