Countries
Sri Lanka
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
National Language
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Sri Lanka
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
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.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Hajong
Where They Speak
Not Available
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Not Available
India
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
singhalais
bengali
German Name
Singhalesisch
Bengali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not available
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Bengali
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
beng1280
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-u
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
Sinhalese and Bengali Speaking population
Sinhalese and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Bengali on Sinhalese vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Bengali Language Codes
Sinhalese and Bengali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Bengali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.