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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka

Total No. Of Countries

331
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Sri Lanka

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Sri Lanka

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia

Minority Language

South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)

Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Maldivian Language

Derived From

Latin
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2654
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

518
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2136
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Sinhala alphabet

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

72
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
හලෝ (halō)

Thank You

Thank you
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)

How Are You?

How are you?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)

Good Night

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)

Good Evening

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)

Good Morning

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)

Please

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)

Sorry

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)

Bye

Bye
බායි (bāyi)

I Love You

I love you
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Vedda

Where They Speak

United States of America
Sri Lanka

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Sri Lankan Sinhala

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
-

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.0019,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Up-Country Sinhalese

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
-

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.0016,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1881
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million16.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.25 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million16.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million2.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
සිංහල (sĩhala)

Alternative Names

English
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala

French Name

anglais
singhalais

German Name

Englisch
Singhalesisch

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]

Ethnicity

English people
Sinhalese people

History

Origin

5th Century AD
3

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

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Indo-Iranian

Branch

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Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Sinhalese Prakrit

Standard Forms

Standard English
Modern Sinhalese

Language Position

370
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Signed Sinhalese

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

en
si

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
sin

ISO 639 2/B

eng
sin

ISO 639 3

eng
sin

ISO 639 6

engs
sin

Glottocode

stan1293
sinh1246

Linguasphere

52-ABA
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Fusional

English and Sinhalese Alphabets

English and Sinhalese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Sinhalese. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Sinhalese Alphabets there are 54 letters. To learn English and Sinhalese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Sinhalese languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Sinhalese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Sinhalese are Most Spoken Languages.

All English 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 English and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of English and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

English and Sinhalese Speaking population

English and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of English and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Sinhalese on English vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Sinhalese Language Codes

English and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.