1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Sri Lanka
India, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Sri Lanka
India, Pakistan
1.4 Second Language
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
1.9 Similar To
Maldivian Language
Hindi Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
හලෝ (halō)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
3.2 Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
3.3 How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
3.4 Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.6 Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
3.7 Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.8 Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
3.9 Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
3.10 Bye
බායි (bāyi)
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
3.11 I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
3.12 Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA20,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Pakistan, Punjab, India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
16.00 million154.30 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
16.00 million100.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
2.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Singhalesisch
Pandschabi-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Availble
5.5 Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Punjabis
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Modern Punjabi
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology