Countries
Sri Lanka
  
United States of America
  
National Language
Sri Lanka
  
United States of America
  
Second Language
Sri Lanka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
North America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
  
Similar To
Maldivian Language
  
Apache Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Navajo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
  
Yá'át'ééh
  
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
  
Ahéhee'
  
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
  
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
  
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
  
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
  
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
  
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
  
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
  
Yá'át'ééh
  
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
  
Yá'át'ééh abíní
  
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
  
T'aa shoodi
  
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
  
Not available
  
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
  
Hágoónee’
  
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
  
Ayóó ánííníshí
  
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
  
Shoohá
  
Dialect 1
Vedda
  
Navajo1
  
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
  
Arizona
  
Dialect 2
Not Available
  
Navajo2
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
New Mexico
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Navajo3
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Utah
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
1.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
16.00 million
  
39
1.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
Not Available
  
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
  
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
  
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
  
Navaho
  
French Name
singhalais
  
navaho
  
German Name
Singhalesisch
  
Navajo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
  
Navajo people
  
Origin
3
  
1500 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dené–Yeniseian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Athapascan
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
  
Navajo
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Navajo Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
si
  
nv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sin
  
nav
  
ISO 639 2/B
sin
  
nav
  
ISO 639 3
sin
  
nav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sinh1246
  
nava1243
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
  
Sinhalese and Navajo Speaking population
Sinhalese and Navajo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Navajo languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Navajo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Navajo 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 Navajo on Sinhalese vs Navajo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Navajo Language Codes
Sinhalese and Navajo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Navajo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.