Sinhalese and Assamese
Countries
Sri Lanka
India
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 in
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Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
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
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
kyoma koribo
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Western Assam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Goalpariya
Where They Speak
Not Available
Western Assam
Dialect 3
Not Available
Bhakatiya
Where They Speak
Not Available
Assam
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Kamarupa
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Assamese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
assa1263
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-w
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
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.
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.