Countries
Sri Lanka
China, Mongolia
National Language
Sri Lanka
China, Mongolia
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
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)
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
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.
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Turkish Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Vedda
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Mongolia
Dialect 2
Not Available
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Not Available
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Not Available
Mongolia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Not Available
French Name
singhalais
mongol
German Name
Singhalesisch
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Mongolian
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
mong1331
Linguasphere
No data available
part of 44-BAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Sinhalese and Mongolian 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 Mongolian dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Mongolian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Mongolian Dialects are spoken in different Mongolian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Mongolian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian , Ordos Mongolian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Mongolian Speaking population
Sinhalese and Mongolian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Mongolian languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Mongolian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Mongolian 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 Mongolian on Sinhalese vs Mongolian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Mongolian Language Codes
Sinhalese and Mongolian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Mongolian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
