Countries
Sri Lanka
  
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  
National Language
Sri Lanka
  
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
  
Second Language
Sri Lanka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
South 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.
  
- One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  
Similar To
Maldivian Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Quechua-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
  
Rimaykullayki
  
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
  
Solpayki
  
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
  
Allillanchu
  
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
  
Allin tuta
  
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
  
Wuynas nuchis
  
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
  
Wuynas tardis
  
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
  
Wuynus diyas
  
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
  
Pampachaykuway
  
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
  
bye
  
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
  
Kuyayki
  
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
  
Pampachaway
  
Dialect 1
Vedda
  
Ancash
  
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
  
Peru
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not Available
  
Huánuco
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Peru
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Yaru
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Peru
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
8.90 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
16.00 million
  
39
8.90 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
Not Available
  
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
  
Qhichwa
  
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
  
North La Paz Quechua
  
French Name
singhalais
  
quechua
  
German Name
Singhalesisch
  
Quechua-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
  
Quechua
  
Origin
3
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Quechumaran Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Andean Equatorial
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
  
Quechua
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
si
  
qu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sin
  
que
  
ISO 639 2/B
sin
  
que
  
ISO 639 3
sin
  
que
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sinh1246
  
quec1387
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Sinhalese and Quechua Speaking population
Sinhalese and Quechua speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Quechua languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Quechua Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Quechua language is 0.13 %. 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 Quechua on Sinhalese vs Quechua where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Quechua Language Codes
Sinhalese and Quechua language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Quechua Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.