1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Sri Lanka
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Sri Lanka
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel, Mauritius
1.7 Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
1.8 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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
1.9 Similar To
Maldivian Language
Konkani Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Devanagari
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
3.3 How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
3.4 Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
3.5 Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
3.6 Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
3.7 Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
3.8 Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
3.9 Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
3.12 Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Vedda
Maharashtrian Konkani
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA7,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,900,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
16.00 million71.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
16.00 million68.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
2.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
मराठी (marāṭhī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Marathi people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Maharashtri Prakrit
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology