Countries
Sri Lanka
  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
  
Telugu Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Vedda
  
Waddar
  
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not Available
  
Chenchu
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Manna-Dora
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
80.00 million
  
20
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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