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Sinhalese and Lithuanian


Lithuanian and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Sri Lanka  
Lithuania  

Second Language
Sri Lanka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Poland  

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  
Commission of the Lithuanian 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.
  
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language  
Latvian  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
54  
33
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18  
15
12  
9

How Many Consonants
36  
26
20  
10

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)  
Sveiki  

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  
Labas rytas  

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  
Prašom  

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  
atsiprašau  

Bye
බායි (bāyi)  
Ate  

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
30
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
-  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
-  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
16.00 million  
39
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
singhalais  
lituanien  

German Name
Singhalesisch  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
3  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese  
Lithuanian  

Language Position
70  
99+
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
si  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
sin  
lit  

ISO 639 3
sin  
lit  

ISO 639 6
sin  
lit  

Glottocode
sinh1246  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
No data available  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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All Sinhalese and Lithuanian 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 Lithuanian dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Lithuanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Lithuanian Dialects are spoken in different Lithuanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Lithuanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian , Aukštaitian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sinhalese and Lithuanian Speaking population

Sinhalese and Lithuanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Lithuanian languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Lithuanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is 0.07 %. 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 Lithuanian on Sinhalese vs Lithuanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Lithuanian Language Codes

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

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