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1 Countries
1.1 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
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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33
Rank: 2 (Overall)
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 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
1.4 Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Sri Lanka
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Maldivian Language
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
About Tamil Lan..
26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
54
Rank: 33 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
18
Rank: 15 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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21
Rank: 11 (Overall)
36
Rank: 26 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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7
Rank: 6 (Overall)
2
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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6 weeks
Rank: 3 (Overall)
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
3.2 Thank You
Thank you
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
3.3 How Are You?
How are you?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
3.4 Good Night
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
3.5 Good Evening
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
3.7 Good Morning
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
3.8 Please
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
3.9 Sorry
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
3.10 Bye
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
3.11 I Love You
I love you
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
3.12 Excuse Me
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
American English
Vedda
4.1.1 Where They Speak
United States of America
Sri Lanka
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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225,000,000.00
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Not Available
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
About Chinese L..
4,500,000.00
Rank: 15 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Welsh English
Not Available
4.3.1 Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Not Available
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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2,500,000.00
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
About English L..
188
Rank: 34 (Overall)
1
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
About English L..
1,200.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
16.00 million
Rank: 45 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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5.43 %
Rank: 4 (Overall)
0.25 %
Rank: 41 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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400.00 million
Rank: 3 (Overall)
16.00 million
Rank: 39 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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400.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
2.00 million
Rank: 34 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
English
සිංහල (sĩhala)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
5.3.4 French Name
anglais
singhalais
5.3.5 German Name
Englisch
Singhalesisch
5.4 Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Sinhalese people
6 History
6.1 Origin
5th Century AD
3
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Indic
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Sinhalese Prakrit
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard English
Modern Sinhalese
6.3.3 Language Position
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3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
70
Rank: 49 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed English
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
en
si
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
eng
sin
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
eng
sin
7.3 ISO 639 3
eng
sin
7.4 ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
stan1293
sinh1246
7.6 Linguasphere
52-ABA
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 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 , Not Available. 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.

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