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Sinhalese and French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
1  
14

National Language
France  
Sri Lanka  

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
18  
15

How Many Consonants
20  
10
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Sinhala alphabet  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
Merci  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
désolé  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
au revoir  
බායි (bāyi)  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Sri Lanka  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
African French  
Sri Lankan Sinhala  

Where They Speak
Africa  
-  

How Many People Speak
274,000,000.00  
1
19,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Up-Country Sinhalese  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
18
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
français  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
Français  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
français  
singhalais  

German Name
Französisch  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  

Ethnicity
French people  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
3  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
13  
12
70  
99+

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Signed Sinhalese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
sin  

ISO 639 3
fra  
sin  

ISO 639 6
fras  
sin  

Glottocode
stan1290  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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French and Sinhalese Speaking population

French and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of French and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Sinhalese on French vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

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