1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Sri Lanka
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh, India
1.4 Second Language
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
1.8 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.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
1.9 Similar To
Maldivian Language
Assamese and Oriya
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
හලෝ (halō)
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
3.2 Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
3.3 How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
3.4 Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
3.5 Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
3.6 Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
3.7 Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
3.8 Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
3.9 Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
3.10 Bye
බායි (bāyi)
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
3.11 I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
3.12 Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh, Burma, India
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA330,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Bangladesh, India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
16.00 million215.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
16.00 million196.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
2.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not available
5.5 Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Bengalis (Bengali people)
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Abahatta, Old Bengali
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-u
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology