How many people speak Bengali and Sinhalese?

Bengali vs Sinhalese Speaking Population

Under how many people speak Bengali and Sinhalese, you will get to compare Bengali vs Sinhalese speaking population. How many people speak Bengali and Sinhalese gives you the number of people speaking Bengali and Sinhalese in terms of percentage and millions. Worldwide, the number of people speaking Bengali language is 215.00 million and number of people speaking Sinhalese language is 16.00 million. Find the list of widely spoken languages on Most Spoken Languages. Percentage wise, speaking population of Bengali is 3.11 % and speaking population of Sinhalese is 0.25 %. For more detailed difference check out Bengali vs Sinhalese.

Bengali native speakers vs Sinhalese native speakers

How many people speak Bengali and Sinhalese languages tells about Bengali native speakers vs Sinhalese native speakers. The native language is also known as first language. Total 196.00 million people speak Bengali as native language while 16.00 million people speak Sinhalese as native language. You can also go to Bengali vs Sinhalese Dialects and find the total number of dialects in Bengali and Sinhalese language. In some regions, Bengali and Sinhalese languages are used as second language. There are 19.00 million speakers who use Bengali as second language and 2.00 million speakers who use Sinhalese as second language.

Native Names of Bengali and Sinhalese

Native names are used in the Bengali and Sinhalese Speaking Countries. Both Bengali and Sinhalese languages have their own native names.Under how many people speak Bengali and Sinhalese you will get to know the native names of Bengali and Sinhalese languages. The native name of Bengali is বাংলা (baɛṅlā) and native name of Sinhalese is සිංහල (sĩhala). The alternative names of Bengali and Sinhalese languages are as follows:

• Bengali alternative names are: Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
• Sinhalese alternative names are: Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala

The French name of Bengali is bengali whereas German name of Bengali is Bengali. The German name of Sinhalese is Singhalesisch whereas French name of Sinhalese is bengali.