How many people speak Tamil and Sinhalese?

Tamil vs Sinhalese Speaking Population

Under how many people speak Tamil and Sinhalese, you will get to compare Tamil vs Sinhalese speaking population. How many people speak Tamil and Sinhalese gives you the number of people speaking Tamil and Sinhalese in terms of percentage and millions. Worldwide, the number of people speaking Tamil language is 78.00 million and number of people speaking Sinhalese language is 16.00 million. Find the list of widely spoken languages on Most Spoken Languages. Percentage wise, speaking population of Tamil is 1.06 % and speaking population of Sinhalese is 0.25 %. For more detailed difference check out Tamil vs Sinhalese.

Tamil native speakers vs Sinhalese native speakers

How many people speak Tamil and Sinhalese languages tells about Tamil native speakers vs Sinhalese native speakers. The native language is also known as first language. Total 70.00 million people speak Tamil as native language while 16.00 million people speak Sinhalese as native language. You can also go to Tamil vs Sinhalese Dialects and find the total number of dialects in Tamil and Sinhalese language. In some regions, Tamil and Sinhalese languages are used as second language. There are 8.00 million speakers who use Tamil as second language and 2.00 million speakers who use Sinhalese as second language.

Native Names of Tamil and Sinhalese

Native names are used in the Tamil and Sinhalese Speaking Countries. Both Tamil and Sinhalese languages have their own native names.Under how many people speak Tamil and Sinhalese you will get to know the native names of Tamil and Sinhalese languages. The native name of Tamil is தமிழ் and native name of Sinhalese is සිංහල (sĩhala). The alternative names of Tamil and Sinhalese languages are as follows:

• Tamil alternative names are: Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
• Sinhalese alternative names are: Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala

The French name of Tamil is tamoul whereas German name of Tamil is Tamil. The German name of Sinhalese is Singhalesisch whereas French name of Sinhalese is tamoul.