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 Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where English and Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Sinhalese language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common English Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Sinhalese Difficulty
The English vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Sinhalese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare English and Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.