Countries
Sri Lanka
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
Sri Lanka
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Second Language
Sri Lanka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
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.
  
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
  
Similar To
Maldivian Language
  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Vedda
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
  
Burma, Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not Available
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
16.00 million
  
39
1.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
Not Available
  
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
singhalais
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Singhalesisch
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
3
  
1700
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
  
Standard Meithei
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
si
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sin
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
sin
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
sin
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sinh1246
  
mani1292
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
omp
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Sinhalese and Meithei 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 Meithei greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sinhalese and Meithei language. Sinhalese word for "Hello" is හලෝ (halō) or Meithei word for "Thank You" is Yamna nungaijare. Find more of such common Sinhalese Greetings and Meithei Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sinhalese vs Meithei Difficulty
The Sinhalese vs Meithei difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese Alphabets and Meithei 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 Meithei are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and Meithei, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn Meithei time required is 44 weeks.