Sinhalese and Estonian
Countries
Sri Lanka
Estonia, European Union
National Language
Sri Lanka
Estonia, Gambia
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Institute of the Estonian Language
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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Finnish
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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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)
aitäh
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Head ööd
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Tere päevast
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Tere hommikust
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Palun
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Vabandust
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Head aega
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Vedda
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Tartu
Where They Speak
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Georgia, South Estonia
Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Idamurre
Where They Speak
-
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Eesti keel
French Name
singhalais
estonien
German Name
Singhalesisch
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Estonians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Finno-Ugric
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Estonian
Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
sinh1246
esto1258
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative
All Sinhalese and Estonian 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 Estonian dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Estonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Estonian Dialects are spoken in different Estonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Estonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre , Tartu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Estonian Speaking population
Sinhalese and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 %. 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 Estonian on Sinhalese vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Estonian Language Codes
Sinhalese and Estonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Estonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.