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Sinhalese and Slovak


Slovak and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Sri Lanka   
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

Second Language
Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language   
Czech Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Czech-Slovak Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
54   
33
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
15   
12

How Many Consonants
36   
26
38   
27

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)   
Ahoj   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
Ďakujem vám   

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   
Ako sa máte?   

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
Dobrú noc   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
Dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
Dobré popoludnie   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
Dobré ráno   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
Prosím   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
Pardón!   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
Dovidenia   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
Ľúbim Ťa   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
Prepáčte!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Eastern Slovak   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Central Slovak   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Western Slovak   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
5.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
Not Available   

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
slovenčina   

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   
Slovakian, Slovencina   

French Name
singhalais   
slovaque   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Slowakisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Slovaks   

History

Origin
3   
6th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Slavic   

Branch
Indic   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
Proto-Slavic   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Slovak   

Language Position
70   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
sk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
slk   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
slo   

ISO 639 3
sin   
slk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
slov1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-db   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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All Sinhalese and Slovak 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 Slovak dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Slovak language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Slovak Dialects are spoken in different Slovak speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Slovak Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Slovak dialects include: Eastern Slovak , Central Slovak. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sinhalese and Slovak Speaking population

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

Sinhalese and Slovak Language Codes

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

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