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Slovak and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Slovak


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Sri Lanka  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  

Similar To
Czech Language  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46  
26
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
18  
15

How Many Consonants
38  
27
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Sinhala alphabet  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
Ďakujem vám  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

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

Good Night
Dobrú noc  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
Dobrý večer  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
Dobré ráno  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
Prosím  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
Pardón!  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
Dovidenia  
බායි (bāyi)  

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

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak  
Vedda  

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

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

Dialect 2
Central Slovak  
Sri Lankan Sinhala  

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

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

Dialect 3
Western Slovak  
Up-Country Sinhalese  

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.20 million  
99+
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
slovenčina  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

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

French Name
slovaque  
singhalais  

German Name
Slowakisch  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]  
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  

Ethnicity
Slovaks  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
6th Century  
3  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Western  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Slovak  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
27  
25
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language  
Signed Sinhalese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sk  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
slo  
sin  

ISO 639 3
slk  
sin  

ISO 639 6
slk  
sin  

Glottocode
slov1269  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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Slovak and Sinhalese Speaking population

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Slovak and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

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