1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
1.9 Similar To
Maldivian Language
Maldivian 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
Sinhala alphabet
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
3.2 Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
3.3 How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
3.4 Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
3.5 Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
3.6 Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
3.7 Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
3.8 Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
3.9 Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
3.12 Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Not Available
Not Available
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Not Available
Not Available
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
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 million16.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
16.00 million16.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
2.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Singhalesisch
Singhalesisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Sinhalese people
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
Sinhalese Prakrit
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Modern Sinhalese
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
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