1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Sri Lanka
India, No official status
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
1.7 Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Not Available
1.8 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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
1.9 Similar To
Maldivian Language
Maithili and Magahi
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Devanagari
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
හලෝ (halō)
प्रणाम (prannam)
3.2 Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
3.3 How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
3.4 Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
राम राम (raam raam)
3.5 Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
राम राम (raam raam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
राम राम (raam raam)
3.7 Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
राम राम (raam raam)
3.8 Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
3.9 Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
3.10 Bye
බායි (bāyi)
प्रणाम (prannam)
3.11 I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
3.12 Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Vedda
Caribbean Hindustani
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA16,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA380,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Not Available
Tharu Bhojpuri
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
16.00 million40.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
16.00 million40.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
5.5 Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Bhojpuri
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-sa
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology