Countries
Sri Lanka
India
National Language
Sri Lanka
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
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Not Available
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Vedda
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
India
Dialect 2
Not Available
Ganjami
Where They Speak
Not Available
India
Dialect 3
Not Available
Kosli
Where They Speak
Not Available
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
singhalais
oriya
German Name
Singhalesisch
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Odias
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Standard Odia
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
macr1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Sinhalese and Oriya 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 Oriya dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Oriya language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Oriya Dialects are spoken in different Oriya speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Oriya Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Oriya dialects include: Baleswari , Ganjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Oriya Speaking population
Sinhalese and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 %. 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 Oriya on Sinhalese vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Oriya Language Codes
Sinhalese and Oriya language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Oriya Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.