Assamese and Sinhalese
Countries
India
Sri Lanka
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
- 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
Bengali and Oriya
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
nomoskaar
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
subhoraattri
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
subha gadhuli
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
subha abeli
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
suprobhaat
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
anugroha kori
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
moi ḍukkhita
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
kyoma koribo
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Western Assam
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Goalpariya
Not Available
Where They Speak
Western Assam
Not Available
Dialect 3
Bhakatiya
Not Available
Where They Speak
Assam
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
assamais
singhalais
German Name
Assamesisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Assamese people
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Kamarupa
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Assamese
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
assa1263
sinh1246
Linguasphere
59-AAF-w
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
All Assamese 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 Assamese and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Assamese and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Assamese are spoken in different Assamese Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Assamese vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi, Goalpariya. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Assamese and Sinhalese Speaking population
Assamese and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % 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 Assamese and Sinhalese on Assamese vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Assamese and Sinhalese Language Codes
Assamese and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Assamese and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.