Countries
Sri Lanka
Thailand
National Language
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
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.
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Lao Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Thai
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Isan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Not Available
Northern Thailand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Not Available
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
French Name
singhalais
thaï
German Name
Singhalesisch
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tai
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Thai
Signed Forms
Not Available
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
thai1261
Linguasphere
No data available
47-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating
All Sinhalese and Thai 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 Thai dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Thai language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Thai Dialects are spoken in different Thai speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Thai Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Thai dialects include: Isan , Northern Thai. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Thai Speaking population
Sinhalese and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 %. 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 Thai on Sinhalese vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Thai Language Codes
Sinhalese and Thai language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Thai Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.