Maithili and Sinhalese
Countries
India, Nepal
Sri Lanka
National Language
India, Nepal
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
- 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
Bhojpuri Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
How Many Consonants
Not Available
Scripts
Devanagari
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
dhanyabad
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Śubharātri
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
kripaya
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
maf karai
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
kripaya
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Madhubani
Not Available
Where They Speak
North India
Not Available
Dialect 3
Khortha
Not Available
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
Not Available
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
maithili
singhalais
German Name
Maithili
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Maithil
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
si
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mait1250
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
All Maithili 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 Maithili and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Maithili and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maithili are spoken in different Maithili Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maithili vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat, Madhubani. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maithili and Sinhalese Speaking population
Maithili and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % 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 Maithili and Sinhalese on Maithili vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maithili and Sinhalese Language Codes
Maithili and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.