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Sinhalese and Assamese


Assamese and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Sri Lanka  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Sri Lanka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan  

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  
Asam Sahitya Sabha  

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.
  
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
    •   

Similar To
Maldivian Language  
Bengali and Oriya  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54  
33
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18  
15
11  
8

How Many Consonants
36  
26
41  
30

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet  
Bengali  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)  
nomoskaar  

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  
ḍhonyobaaḍ  

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  
aapuni kene aase?  

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  
subhoraattri  

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  
subha gadhuli  

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  
subha abeli  

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  
suprobhaat  

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  
anugroha kori  

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  
moi ḍukkhita  

Bye
බායි (bāyi)  
biḍai  

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  
kyoma koribo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda  
Kamrupi  

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 2
Not Available  
Goalpariya  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Western Assam  

Dialect 3
Not Available  
Bhakatiya  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Assam  

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
15.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
16.00 million  
39
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
34
Not Available  

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  

French Name
singhalais  
assamais  

German Name
Singhalesisch  
Assamesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people  
Assamese people  

History

Origin
3  
7th century A.D  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit  
Kamarupa  

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese  
Assamese  

Language Position
70  
99+
65  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
si  
as  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin  
asm  

ISO 639 2/B
sin  
asm  

ISO 639 3
sin  
asm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sinh1246  
assa1263  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-w  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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

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Sinhalese and Assamese Speaking population

Sinhalese and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Sinhalese and Assamese on Sinhalese vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Assamese Language Codes

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

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