Japanese and Sinhalese
Countries
Japan
Sri Lanka
National Language
Japan
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Kana
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hakata
Not Available
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kansai
Not Available
Where They Speak
kansai
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
日本語
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
japonais
singhalais
German Name
Japanisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Japanese
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1643
sinh1246
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional
All Japanese 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 Japanese and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Japanese and Sinhalese Speaking population
Japanese and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Sinhalese on Japanese vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and Sinhalese Language Codes
Japanese and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.