Countries
Sri Lanka
Fiji, India
National Language
Sri Lanka
India
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Urdu
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Vedda
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Marwari
Where They Speak
Not Available
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Not Available
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
singhalais
hindi
German Name
Singhalesisch
Hindi
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Hindustani people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Standard Hindi
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
hins
Glottocode
sinh1246
hind1269
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-qf
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
Sinhalese and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sinhalese and Hindi language. Sinhalese word for "Hello" is හලෝ (halō) or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Sinhalese Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sinhalese vs Hindi Difficulty
The Sinhalese vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.