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Sinhalese and Telugu


Telugu and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Sri Lanka   
Andra Pradesh, India   

Second Language
Sri Lanka   
Karnataka   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu   

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh   

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.
  
  • Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
  • Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language   
Tamil   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54   
33
60   
35

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
19   
16

How Many Consonants
36   
26
41   
30

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Telugu Script   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
హలో (Halō)   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)   

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)   

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
బై (Bai)   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Waddar   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
170,000.00   
39

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Chenchu   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
26,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Manna-Dora   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
32

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
38   
28

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
80.00 million   
20

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
1.15 %   
15

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
తెలుగు (telugu)   

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan   

French Name
singhalais   
télougou   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Telugu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Telugu people   

History

Origin
3   
c. 575   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
Early Telugu epigraphy   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Telugu   

Language Position
70   
99+
15   
14

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
te   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
tel   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
tel   

ISO 639 3
sin   
tel   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
telu1262   

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 Telugu 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 Telugu dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Telugu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Telugu Dialects are spoken in different Telugu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Telugu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Telugu dialects include: Waddar , Chenchu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sinhalese and Telugu Speaking population

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Sinhalese and Telugu Language Codes

Sinhalese and Telugu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Telugu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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