Sinhalese Speaking Countries

Sinhalese Countries

Sinhalese is one of the important languages. Sinhalese countries are the countries where Sinhalese is used for interaction between citizens and government officials. Sinhalese countries are the countries where Sinhalese is main language. In Sinhalese countries, all the official documents are written in Sinhalese language. In Sinhalese speaking countries, various Sinhalese Dialects are spoken. Each Sinhalese dialect has it's own pronunciations and words, as a result of these differences, sometimes communication problems arise between speakers from different Sinhalese speaking countries. Check out detailed information About Sinhalese Language.

Sinhalese national language and Sinhalese as a Second Language

Sinhalese speaking countries include both countries with Sinhalese national language and Sinhalese as a second language. Check if Sinhalese language is one of the Most Spoken Languages.

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Second Language is a non-native language of the speaker, but used in the locality of that person.

The Sinhalese countries mentioned under Sinhalese Speaking countries are the countries where majority of people speak Sinhalese language.

Sinhalese as minority language

Countries with Sinhalese as minority language are also included in Sinhalese speaking countries.

Along with Sinhalese speaking countries check out Sinhalese speaking population. The language spoken by minority of the population of a territory is called minority language.

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Sinhalese Regulator and Facts

Many world languages have one or more language regulators. The bodies that regulate standard languages are usually called language academies. Official organizations that regulate Sinhalese language are Sinhalese regulators. Sinhalese is regulated by Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල). The regulatory bodies of Sinhalese lie in Sinhalese speaking countries. Some of the interesting facts of Sinhalese:

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

The Sinhalese language is derived from Sanskrit Language and is closely related to Maldivian Language.