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Sinhalese and Sindhi


Sindhi and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
54   
33
64   
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
10   
7

How Many Consonants
36   
26
42   
31

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Arabic, Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Siraiki   

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
29.00 million   
37

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.39 %   
34

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
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   

History

Origin
3   
711 A.D   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Sindhi   

Language Position
70   
99+
50   
37

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
sd   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
snd   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
snd   

ISO 639 3
sin   
snd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
sind1272   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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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.

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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

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