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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  
17
44 weeks  
17

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  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
30
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
-  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
-  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
5,500,000.00  
37

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+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
16.00 million  
39
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)  
slovenčina  

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

French Name
singhalais  
slovaque  

German Name
Singhalesisch  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  
[ˈsləʊvæk]  

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+
27  
25

Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese  
Slovak Sign Language  

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
sin  
slk  

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, Sri Lankan Sinhala. 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 0.14 %. 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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