Countries
Myanmar
Sri Lanka
National Language
Myanmar
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
- 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
Thai Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Pali Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Tangut
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Vedda
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Not Available
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Intha
Not Available
Where They Speak
Burma
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
birman
singhalais
German Name
Birmanisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional
All Burmese 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 Burmese and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Sinhalese Speaking population
Burmese and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % 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 Burmese and Sinhalese on Burmese vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Sinhalese Language Codes
Burmese and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.