Sinhalese and Lithuanian
Countries
Sri Lanka
European Union, Lithuania
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
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Alphabets in
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Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Atsiprašau
Dialect 1
Vedda
Samogitian
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Lithuania
Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Aukštaitian
Where They Speak
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Lithuania
Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Curonian
Where They Speak
-
Lithuania
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Lithuanian
Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Lithuanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sinh1246
lith1251
Linguasphere
No data available
54-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic
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.
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.