Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Sri Lanka
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
- 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
Chinese and Japanese languages
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Hangul
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
South Korea
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Not Available
Where They Speak
South Korea
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Not Available
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
coréen
singhalais
German Name
Koreanisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Koreans
Sinhalese people
Origin
Before 1st century
3
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
sinh1246
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional
All Korean 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 Korean and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Korean and Sinhalese Speaking population
Korean and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % 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 Korean and Sinhalese on Korean vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Korean and Sinhalese Language Codes
Korean and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.