Sinhalese and Tulu
Countries
Sri Lanka
India
National Language
Sri Lanka
India
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)
Not Available
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.
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Kannada Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Namaskara
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
yedde rathre
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
yedde kaande
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Daya maltadu
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Yenna thapu aandu
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Vedda
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Tamil Nadu
Dialect 2
Not Available
Jain
Where They Speak
Not Available
Tamil Nadu
Dialect 3
Not Available
Girijan
Where They Speak
Not Available
Tamil Nadu
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Tulu
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
singhalais
Not Available
German Name
Singhalesisch
Not Available
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Tuluva
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Tulu
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
si
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
sin
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
sin
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
tulu1258
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Sinhalese and Tulu 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 Tulu dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Tulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Tulu Dialects are spoken in different Tulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Tulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Tulu dialects include: Brahmin tulu , Jain. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Tulu Speaking population
Sinhalese and Tulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Tulu languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Tulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tulu language is Not Available. 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 Tulu on Sinhalese vs Tulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Tulu Language Codes
Sinhalese and Tulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Tulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.