1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Sri Lanka
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Not Available
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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
1.9 Similar To
Maldivian Language
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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
Thai and Lao Braille
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)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Not Available
Northern Lao
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Not Available
Central Lao
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 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
16.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No Early forms
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
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology