Sinhalese and Japanese
Countries
Sri Lanka
Japan
National Language
Sri Lanka
Japan
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Palau
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Korean Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Kana
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
すみません (Sumimasen)
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Hakata
Where They Speak
Not Available
Fukuoka
Dialect 3
Not Available
Kansai
Where They Speak
Not Available
kansai
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
日本語
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Not Available
French Name
singhalais
japonais
German Name
Singhalesisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Japanese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
nucl1643
Linguasphere
No data available
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Sinhalese and Japanese 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 Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Japanese Speaking population
Sinhalese and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Sinhalese vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Japanese Language Codes
Sinhalese and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.