Sanskrit and Sinhalese
Countries
India
Sri Lanka
National Language
India
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
- 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
Old German Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Not present
Vedda
Where They Speak
Not Available
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Not present
Not Available
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Not Available
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
sanskrit
singhalais
German Name
Sanskrit
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sans1269
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Ancient
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
All Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Sanskrit and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sanskrit are spoken in different Sanskrit Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sanskrit vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sanskrit and Sinhalese Speaking population
Sanskrit and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available 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 Sanskrit and Sinhalese on Sanskrit vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sanskrit and Sinhalese Language Codes
Sanskrit and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sanskrit and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.