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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   
Not Available   

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   
11
44 weeks   
11

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
Not Available   
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Aukštaitian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Lithuania   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Curonian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Lithuania   

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+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
3.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Lithuanians   

History

Origin
3   
c. 1503   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Baltic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Lithuanian   

Language Position
70   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
lith1251   

Linguasphere
No data available   
54-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

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, Not Available. 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 Not Available. 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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