Countries
Sri Lanka
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
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 in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 1
Vedda
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Croatia
Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Chakavian
Where They Speak
-
Croatia
Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
-
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
hrvatski
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Hrvatski
French Name
singhalais
croate
German Name
Singhalesisch
Kroatisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Croats
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Croatian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sinh1246
croa1245
Linguasphere
No data available
part of 53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
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, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
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.