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Vietnamese and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Vietnam   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Chinese Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37   
19
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
18   
15

How Many Consonants
21   
11
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Sinhala alphabet   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
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
Xin chào   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
Cam on   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
xin vui lòng   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
Xin lỗi   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
Tạm biệt   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
Xin loi   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   
Sri Lanka   

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million   
16
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
vietnamien   
singhalais   

German Name
Vietnamesisch   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
c. 1440   
3   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
14   
13
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
vi   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
vie   
sin   

ISO 639 3
vie   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
viet1252   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
46-EBA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional   

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All Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Vietnamese and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Vietnamese are spoken in different Vietnamese Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Vietnamese vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese, North-central Vietnamese. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Vietnamese and Sinhalese Speaking population

Vietnamese and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % 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 Vietnamese and Sinhalese on Vietnamese vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Sinhalese Language Codes

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