Countries
Sri Lanka
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
National Language
Sri Lanka
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Not Available
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.
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Not Available
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
zoo hmo
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
zoo tav su
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
thov
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Not Available
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Kuv hlub koj
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
zam txim rau kuv
Dialect 1
Vedda
Hmong Njua
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Hmong Daw
Where They Speak
Not Available
China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Hmong Do
Where They Speak
Not Available
Vietnam
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Hmong
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Mong
French Name
singhalais
hmong
German Name
Singhalesisch
Miao-Sprachen
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Hmong people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Hmong
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
si
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
sin
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
sin
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
firs1234
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Sinhalese and Hmong 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 Hmong dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Hmong language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Hmong Dialects are spoken in different Hmong speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Hmong Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Hmong dialects include: Hmong Njua , Hmong Daw. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Hmong Speaking population
Sinhalese and Hmong speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Hmong languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Hmong Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 %. 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 Hmong on Sinhalese vs Hmong where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Hmong Language Codes
Sinhalese and Hmong language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Hmong Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
