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Telugu and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Karnataka   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  

Similar To
Tamil   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
60   
35
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19   
16
18   
15

How Many Consonants
41   
30
36   
26

Scripts
Telugu Script   
Sinhala alphabet   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
హలో (Halō)   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
బై (Bai)   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra   
Sri Lanka   

How Many People Speak
170,000.00   
39
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Chenchu   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
26,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
38   
28
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million   
20
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.15 %   
15
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
télougou   
singhalais   

German Name
Telugu-Sprache   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Telugu people   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
c. 575   
3   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Telugu   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
15   
14
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
te   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
tel   
sin   

ISO 639 3
tel   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
telu1262   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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All Telugu and Sinhalese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Telugu and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Telugu and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Telugu are spoken in different Telugu Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Telugu vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Telugu dialects include: Waddar, Chenchu. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Telugu and Sinhalese Speaking population

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Telugu and Sinhalese Language Codes

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