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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Sri Lanka
India, Manipur
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
11
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
1.4 Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
1.7 Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Not Available
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.
  • Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
  • The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
1.9 Similar To
Maldivian Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
5427
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
186
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
3615
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Bengali
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
23
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Khurumjari
3.2 Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Yamna nungaijare
3.3 How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
3.4 Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Athengba Ahing
3.5 Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Not Available
3.6 Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Nongale haugatl
3.8 Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Chanbiduna
3.9 Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Saobiganu
3.10 Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Chatcharage
3.11 I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Eina nangbu nungsi
3.12 Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Not Available
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Vedda
Loi
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Burma, Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA5,000.00
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Not Available
Pangal
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Bangladesh, India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA273,000.00
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Not Available
Meithei proper
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,250,000.00
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
16
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
16.00 million1.50 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.25 %NA
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
16.00 million1.50 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
2.00 millionNA
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
মৈইতৈইলোন
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
5.3.4 French Name
singhalais
Meithei
5.3.5 German Name
Singhalesisch
Meithei
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Meithei people
6 History
6.1 Origin
3
1700
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
6.2.2 Branch
Indic
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Standard Meithei
6.3.3 Language Position
70NA
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Not Available
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
si
No data available
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
sin
mni
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
sin
mni
7.3 ISO 639 3
sin
mni
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
sinh1246
mani1292
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
omp
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Not Available
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available

Sinhalese and Meithei Alphabets

Sinhalese and Meithei Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Sinhalese and Meithei. In Sinhalese Alphabets there are 54 letters while in Meithei Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Sinhalese and Meithei languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Sinhalese and Meithei languages. The Sinhalese phonology consist Sinhalese vowels and Sinhalese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Sinhalese greetings vs Meithei greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Sinhalese and Meithei are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Sinhalese and Meithei Speaking population

Sinhalese and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available. 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 Meithei on Sinhalese vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Meithei Language Codes

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