Sinhalese and Marwari
Countries
Sri Lanka
Rajastan, India
National Language
Sri Lanka
Rajastan, 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
Nepal, Pakistan
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.
- Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
- Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Gujarati Language
Alphabets in
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Marwari-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
khammaghani
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
dhanyavaad
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Kikan ho sa?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
shubh raatri
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Shubh Honjh
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Shubh Befar
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Shubh Havar
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
kirpa
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Maaf Karo
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
main tanne pyaar karoon
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
maaf karo
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
India
Dialect 2
Not Available
Bagri
Where They Speak
Not Available
India
Dialect 3
Not Available
Dhundhari
Where They Speak
Not Available
India
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Marwari
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani
French Name
singhalais
marvari
German Name
Singhalesisch
Marwari
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Marwari or Marwadi
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
Marwari
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
si
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
raja1256
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Sinhalese and Marwari 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 Marwari dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Marwari language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Marwari Dialects are spoken in different Marwari speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Marwari Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Marwari dialects include: Jogi , Bagri. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Marwari Speaking population
Sinhalese and Marwari speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Marwari languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Marwari Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Marwari language is 0.21 %. 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 Marwari on Sinhalese vs Marwari where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Marwari Language Codes
Sinhalese and Marwari language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Marwari Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
