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Sinhalese and Maithili


Maithili and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Sri Lanka   
India, Nepal   

Second Language
Sri Lanka   
Nepal   

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)   
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.
  
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
54   
33
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
8   
5

How Many Consonants
36   
26
Not Available   

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
pranam   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
Suprabhaat   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
kripaya   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
maf karai   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
Alavidā   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
Nepal   

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
North India   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Deoghar, France   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
32.00 million   
35

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
singhalais   
maithili   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Maithil   

History

Origin
3   
14th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
70   
99+
40   
31

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
mai   

ISO 639 3
sin   
mai   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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All Sinhalese and Maithili 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 Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sinhalese and Maithili Speaking population

Sinhalese and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Sinhalese vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Maithili Language Codes

Sinhalese and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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