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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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