Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Sri Lanka
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia
Minority Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
Not Available
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Thank you
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
How are you?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
I love you
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
American English
Vedda
Where They Speak
United States of America
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Not Available
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Not Available
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
English
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
anglais
singhalais
German Name
Englisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard English
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Signed English
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
sinh1246
Linguasphere
52-ABA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Fusional
English and Sinhalese Speaking population
English and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of English and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. 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 English and Sinhalese on English vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
English and Sinhalese Language Codes
English and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.