Sindhi and Sinhalese
Countries
India, Pakistan
Sri Lanka
National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh
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
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
- 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
Gujarati
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Assalam O Alaikum
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
Meharbani
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
tava kia aayo
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Subho Bakhair
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Mehrbani
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
Allah Wahi
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Upper Sindh
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Vicholi
Not Available
Where They Speak
Central Sindh
Not Available
Dialect 3
Lari
Not Available
Where They Speak
Lower Sindh
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
sindhi
singhalais
German Name
Sindhi-Sprache
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Not Available
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Sindhi
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sind1272
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
All Sindhi 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 Sindhi and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Sindhi and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sindhi are spoken in different Sindhi Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sindhi vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sindhi dialects include: Siraiki, Vicholi. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sindhi and Sinhalese Speaking population
Sindhi and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sindhi and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Sindhi and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 % 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 Sindhi and Sinhalese on Sindhi vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sindhi and Sinhalese Language Codes
Sindhi and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sindhi and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.