1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Sri Lanka
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Sri Lanka
Andra Pradesh, India
1.4 Second Language
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
1.7 Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
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.
- Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
- Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
1.9 Similar To
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
Telugu Script
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
3.2 Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
3.3 How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
3.4 Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
3.6 Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
3.7 Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
3.8 Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
3.9 Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
3.12 Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA170,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA30,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
16.00 million80.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
16.00 million75.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
2.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
తెలుగు (telugu)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Singhalesisch
Telugu-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Telugu people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Early Telugu epigraphy
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-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology