Countries
Sri Lanka
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
Sri Lanka
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
متشکرم
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
چطور هستید?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
شب بخیر
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
صبح به خیر
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
لطفا
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
متاسف
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Vedda
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Iran, Iraq
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Not Available
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
فارسی
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
singhalais
persan
German Name
Singhalesisch
Persisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Persian people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Persian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
fars1254
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic
All Sinhalese and Persian 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 Persian dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Persian Speaking population
Sinhalese and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Sinhalese vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Persian Language Codes
Sinhalese and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.