Countries
Fiji, India
Sri Lanka
National Language
India
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- 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
Urdu
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Khariboli
Vedda
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Marwari
Not Available
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Bundeli
Not Available
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
हिन्दी
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
hindi
singhalais
German Name
Hindi
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
hins
Not Available
Glottocode
hind1269
sinh1246
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
All Hindi 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 Hindi and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Hindi and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hindi are spoken in different Hindi Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hindi vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hindi dialects include: Khariboli, Marwari. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Hindi and Sinhalese Speaking population
Hindi and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hindi and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Hindi and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 % 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 Hindi and Sinhalese on Hindi vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Hindi and Sinhalese Language Codes
Hindi and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hindi and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.