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Sinhalese and Croatian


Croatian and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
9   
7

National Language
Sri Lanka   
Austria   

Second Language
Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   

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.
  
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language   
Serbain and Bosnian   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Church Slavonic   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54   
33
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
25   
15

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
bok   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
hvala   

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   
kako si   

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
laku noć   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
dobra večer   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
dobar dan   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
dobro jutro   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
molim   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
Oprostite   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
Doviđenja   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
Ispričavam se   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
660,000.00   
31

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Croatia   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Shtokavian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000,000.00   
5

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
89.00 million   
18

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
hrvatski   

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   
Hrvatski   

French Name
singhalais   
croate   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Croats   

History

Origin
3   
9th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
70   
99+
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Croatian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
hr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
hrv   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
hrv   

ISO 639 3
sin   
hrv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
croa1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Sinhalese and Croatian Speaking population

Sinhalese and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Sinhalese vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Croatian Language Codes

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

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