Countries
Sri Lanka
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
Sri Lanka
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Second Language
Sri Lanka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
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.
  
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
Similar To
Maldivian Language
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Vedda
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
  
Israel, kerala
  
Dialect 2
Not Available
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
33
Native Speakers
16.00 million
  
39
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
Not Available
  
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
singhalais
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Singhalesisch
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
  
Malayali
  
Origin
3
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
  
Malayalam
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
si
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sin
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
sin
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
sin
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sinh1246
  
mala1464
  
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
  
Synthetic