Sinhalese and Sanskrit
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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Old German Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Vedda
Not present
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Not present
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Not present
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Not Available
French Name
singhalais
sanskrit
German Name
Singhalesisch
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
Not Available
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Sanskrit
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
sans1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic
All Sinhalese and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Sanskrit language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Sanskrit Dialects are spoken in different Sanskrit speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Sanskrit Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Sanskrit Speaking population
Sinhalese and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit on Sinhalese vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Sanskrit Language Codes
Sinhalese and Sanskrit language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Sanskrit Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.