Sinhalese and Cantonese
Countries
Sri Lanka
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Sri Lanka
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hawaii
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
谢谢
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
你好吗？
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
晚安
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
晚上好
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
下午好
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
早上好
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
请
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
遗憾
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
我爱你
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
原谅我
Dialect 1
Vedda
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Not Available
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Not Available
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Not Available
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Not Available
Hong Kong
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
singhalais
Not Available
German Name
Singhalesisch
Not Available
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
si
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
sin
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
sin
Not Available
ISO 639 3
sin
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Sinhalese and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Cantonese Speaking population
Sinhalese and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Sinhalese vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Cantonese Language Codes
Sinhalese and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.