How many people speak Kannada and Sinhalese?

Kannada vs Sinhalese Speaking Population

Under how many people speak Kannada and Sinhalese, you will get to compare Kannada vs Sinhalese speaking population. How many people speak Kannada and Sinhalese gives you the number of people speaking Kannada and Sinhalese in terms of percentage and millions. Worldwide, the number of people speaking Kannada language is 49.00 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 Kannada is 0.58 % and speaking population of Sinhalese is 0.25 %. For more detailed difference check out Kannada vs Sinhalese.

Kannada native speakers vs Sinhalese native speakers

How many people speak Kannada and Sinhalese languages tells about Kannada native speakers vs Sinhalese native speakers. The native language is also known as first language. Total 38.00 million people speak Kannada as native language while 16.00 million people speak Sinhalese as native language. You can also go to Kannada vs Sinhalese Dialects and find the total number of dialects in Kannada and Sinhalese language. In some regions, Kannada and Sinhalese languages are used as second language. There are 11.00 million speakers who use Kannada as second language and 2.00 million speakers who use Sinhalese as second language.

Native Names of Kannada and Sinhalese

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

• Kannada alternative names are: Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
• Sinhalese alternative names are: Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala

The French name of Kannada is kannada whereas German name of Kannada is Kannada. The German name of Sinhalese is Singhalesisch whereas French name of Sinhalese is kannada.