Tulu and Sinhalese
Countries
India
Sri Lanka
National Language
India
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
- 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
Kannada Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Namaskara
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
yedde rathre
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
yedde kaande
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Daya maltadu
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
Vedda
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Jain
Not Available
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Not Available
Dialect 3
Girijan
Not Available
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Tulu
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
Not Available
singhalais
German Name
Not Available
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Tuluva
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Tulu
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
si
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
sin
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
sin
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
tulu1258
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
All Tulu 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 Tulu and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Tulu and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Tulu are spoken in different Tulu Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Tulu vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Tulu dialects include: Brahmin tulu, Jain. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Tulu and Sinhalese Speaking population
Tulu and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tulu and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Tulu and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tulu language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Tulu and Sinhalese on Tulu vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Tulu and Sinhalese Language Codes
Tulu and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Tulu and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
