Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Sri Lanka
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
- 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 and Lao Languages
Maldivian Language
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
zoo hmo
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
thov
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Vedda
Where They Speak
Laos
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Vietnam
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Native Name
Hmong
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Mong
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
hmong
singhalais
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[môŋ]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Hmong people
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Hmong
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
si
Glottocode
firs1234
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
All Hmong 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 Hmong and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Hmong and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hmong are spoken in different Hmong Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hmong vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hmong dialects include: Hmong Njua, Hmong Daw. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Hmong and Sinhalese Speaking population
Hmong and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % 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 Hmong and Sinhalese on Hmong vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Hmong and Sinhalese Language Codes
Hmong and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hmong and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.