Santali and Sinhalese Speaking countries

Santali vs Sinhalese Countries

Comparing Santali vs Sinhalese countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Santali and Sinhalese languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Santali is official language is 1 whereas total number of countries where Sinhalese is official language is 1

Find if Santali and Sinhalese are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Santali and Sinhalese speaking countries will give you the presence of Santali and Sinhalese languages in different countries. Along with Santali vs Sinhalese countries, you can also compare Santali vs Sinhalese.

Santali and Sinhalese as Minority Language

In Santali and Sinhalese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Santali and Sinhalese as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

If you want to compare Santali and Sinhalese dialects, then you can go to Santali vs Sinhalese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Santali and Sinhalese Regulators

Santali and Sinhalese speaking countries provide you Santali and Sinhalese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Santali is not regulated.Sinhalese is regulated by Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල). Also get to learn, Santali and Sinhalese Language History.

Santali and Sinhalese Continents

Thinking about Santali and Sinhalese continents in which Santali and Sinhalese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Santali and Sinhalese. Most of the Santali speaking countries lie in Asia. While Sinhalese speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Santali and Sinhalese languages:

Santali Interesting Facts:

• Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
• Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.

Sinhalese Interesting Facts:

• In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
• Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.

The Santali language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Munda Language whereas Santali language is similar to Maldivian Language and derived from Sanskrit Language.