1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Sri Lanka
India, Karnataka, India
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Sri Lanka
Karnataka, India
1.4 Second Language
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
1.7 Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
1.9 Similar To
Maldivian Language
Telugu
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
Kannada Script
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
3.2 Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
3.3 How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
3.4 Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
3.6 Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
3.7 Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
3.8 Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
3.9 Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
3.12 Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA540,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA220,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
16.00 million49.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
16.00 million38.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
2.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Kannadiga
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Old Kannada, Kannada
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Modern Kannada
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
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
No data available
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