Countries
Sri Lanka
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
Sri Lanka
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Not Available
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Not Available
China, North Korea
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
singhalais
coréen
German Name
Singhalesisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Koreans
Origin
3
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Signed Forms
Not Available
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data available
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative
All Sinhalese and Korean 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 Korean dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Korean language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Korean Dialects are spoken in different Korean speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Korean Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Korean dialects include: Jeju , Gyeongsang. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Korean Speaking population
Sinhalese and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. 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 Korean on Sinhalese vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Korean Language Codes
Sinhalese and Korean language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Korean Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.