Countries
Sri Lanka
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Sri Lanka
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Sri Lanka
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Not Available
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Thank you
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
How are you?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Night
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Good Morning
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Please
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Sorry
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
I love you
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Vedda
American English
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Not Available
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Not Available
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
English
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Not Available
French Name
singhalais
anglais
German Name
Singhalesisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Standard English
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
sinh1246
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Sinhalese and English Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Sinhalese and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sinhalese and English language. Sinhalese word for "Hello" is හලෝ (halō) or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Sinhalese Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sinhalese vs English Difficulty
The Sinhalese vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Sinhalese and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.