1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
1.9 Similar To
Maldivian Language
Bengali and Assamese
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, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
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)
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
3.2 Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
3.3 How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
3.4 Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
3.5 Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
3.6 Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
3.7 Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
3.8 Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Not Available
3.9 Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
3.10 Bye
බායි (bāyi)
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
3.11 I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
3.12 Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA520,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
16.00 million33.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
16.00 million33.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Singhalesisch
Oriya-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
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
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Standard Odia
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
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-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology