Countries
Sri Lanka
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
Sri Lanka
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Spain
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5427
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
185
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3623
9
60
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Hola
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Gràcies
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Com estàs?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Bona nit
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Bona tarda
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Bon dia
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sisplau
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Perdó!
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Adéu
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
T'estimo
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dispensi!
Dialect 1
Vedda
Caló
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Valencian
Where They Speak
-
Spain
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.002,400,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
-
Spain
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
18
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
16.00 million9.20 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.25 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
16.00 million4.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million5.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
català
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
singhalais
catalan; valencien
German Name
Singhalesisch
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Catalan people
Origin
3
c. 1028
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Romance
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
7032
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
si
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sin
cat
ISO 639 2/B
sin
cat
ISO 639 3
sin
cat
ISO 639 6
sin
cat
Glottocode
sinh1246
stan1289
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
-