Countries
Sri Lanka
India
National Language
Sri Lanka
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
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
NA
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.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Bengali Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
બાય (Bāya)
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Vedda
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Dialect 2
Not Available
Kharwa
Where They Speak
Not Available
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Dialect 3
Not Available
Not Available
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
singhalais
goudjrati
German Name
Singhalesisch
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Gujaratis
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Modern Gujarati
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
guja1252
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Sinhalese and Gujarati 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 Gujarati dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Gujarati language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Gujarati Dialects are spoken in different Gujarati speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Gujarati Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi , Kharwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Gujarati Speaking population
Sinhalese and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. 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 Gujarati on Sinhalese vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Gujarati Language Codes
Sinhalese and Gujarati language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Gujarati Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.