Sinhalese and Sindhi
Countries
Sri Lanka
India, Pakistan
National Language
Sri Lanka
India, Pakistan, Sindh
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)
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
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 first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Gujarati
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Arabic, Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Assalam O Alaikum
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Meharbani
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Kehra haal aahin
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
tava kia aayo
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Sham Jo Salam
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Assalam o Alaikum
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Subho Bakhair
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Mehrbani
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Moon khe afsos aahe
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Allah Wahi
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Maaf Kajo
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Upper Sindh
Dialect 2
Not Available
Vicholi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Central Sindh
Dialect 3
Not Available
Lari
Where They Speak
Not Available
Lower Sindh
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Not Available
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Not Available
French Name
singhalais
sindhi
German Name
Singhalesisch
Sindhi-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Not Available
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Sindhi
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
sind1272
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 Sindhi 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 Sindhi dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Sindhi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Sindhi Dialects are spoken in different Sindhi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Sindhi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Sindhi dialects include: Siraiki , Vicholi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Sindhi Speaking population
Sinhalese and Sindhi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Sindhi languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Sindhi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 %. 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 Sindhi on Sinhalese vs Sindhi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Sindhi Language Codes
Sinhalese and Sindhi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Sindhi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
