Sinhalese and Urdu
Countries
Sri Lanka
India, Pakistan
National Language
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
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.
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
خوش آمديد
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
آپ کا شکریہ
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
گڈ نائٹ
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
سلام علیکم
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
گڈ آفٹر نون
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
گڈ مارننگ
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
براہ مہربانی
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
معاف کرنا
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
مجھے تم سے محبت
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
معاف کیجئے گا
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Hyderabadi Urdu
Where They Speak
Not Available
India
Dialect 3
Not Available
Rekhta
Where They Speak
Not Available
South Asia
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
اُردُو
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Bihari
French Name
singhalais
ourdou
German Name
Singhalesisch
Urdu
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Modern Standard Urdu
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Urdu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
urdu1245
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-q
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional
All Sinhalese and Urdu 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 Urdu dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Urdu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Urdu Dialects are spoken in different Urdu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Urdu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Urdu dialects include: Dakhini , Hyderabadi Urdu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Urdu Speaking population
Sinhalese and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Sinhalese vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Urdu Language Codes
Sinhalese and Urdu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Urdu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.