Countries
Sri Lanka
Cambodia
National Language
Sri Lanka
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, France, United States of America
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.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Lao Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Khmer
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
ND
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
ND
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
ND
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
ND
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
ND
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
ND
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
ND
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
ND
Dialect 1
Vedda
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Not Available
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Not Available
Cambodia, Thailand
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
singhalais
khmer central
German Name
Singhalesisch
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Modern Khmer
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
khme1253
Linguasphere
No data available
Not Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating
All Sinhalese and Khmer 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 Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Khmer Speaking population
Sinhalese and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. 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 Khmer on Sinhalese vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Khmer Language Codes
Sinhalese and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.