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Malayalam and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

Interesting Facts
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
  • 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
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
53   
32
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
18   
15

How Many Consonants
41   
30
36   
26

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Sinhala alphabet   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
Sri Lanka   

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
India   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million   
33
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
malayalam   
singhalais   

German Name
Malayalam   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
3   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
29   
24
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
sin   

ISO 639 3
mal   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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All Malayalam 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 Malayalam and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malayalam and Sinhalese Speaking population

Malayalam and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % 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 Malayalam and Sinhalese on Malayalam vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Sinhalese Language Codes

Malayalam and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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