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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Govenment of Goa
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.
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Marathi
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Namaskar
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Dev Borem Korum
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
kaso assa?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Rati Boren Zavonn
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Sanj Borem Zavonn
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Not Available
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Dis Borem Zavonn
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Chike
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Maf kor
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
hav tujo mog korta.
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
upkar korxi
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Goa
Dialect 2
Not Available
Not present
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Not present
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Kōṅkaṇī
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
French Name
singhalais
konkani
German Name
Singhalesisch
Konkani
Pronunciation
Not Available
kõkɳi
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Konkanis
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Kokani
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
si
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
goan1235
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
Sinhalese and Konkani Speaking population
Sinhalese and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Konkani on Sinhalese vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Konkani Language Codes
Sinhalese and Konkani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Konkani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.