Urdu and Sinhalese
Countries
India, Pakistan
Sri Lanka
National Language
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
- 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
خوش آمديد
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
براہ مہربانی
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
معاف کرنا
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
India
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Not Available
Where They Speak
India
Not Available
Dialect 3
Rekhta
Not Available
Where They Speak
South Asia
Not Available
Native Name
اُردُو
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Bihari
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
ourdou
singhalais
German Name
Urdu
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
urdu1245
sinh1246
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional
All Urdu 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 Urdu and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Urdu and Sinhalese Speaking population
Urdu and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % 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 Urdu and Sinhalese on Urdu vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Urdu and Sinhalese Language Codes
Urdu and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.