How many people speak Lao and Sinhalese?

Lao vs Sinhalese Speaking Population

Under how many people speak Lao and Sinhalese, you will get to compare Lao vs Sinhalese speaking population. How many people speak Lao and Sinhalese gives you the number of people speaking Lao and Sinhalese in terms of percentage and millions. Worldwide, the number of people speaking Lao language is 25.00 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 Lao is 0.22 % and speaking population of Sinhalese is 0.25 %. For more detailed difference check out Lao vs Sinhalese.

Lao native speakers vs Sinhalese native speakers

How many people speak Lao and Sinhalese languages tells about Lao native speakers vs Sinhalese native speakers. The native language is also known as first language. Total 25.00 million people speak Lao as native language while 16.00 million people speak Sinhalese as native language. You can also go to Lao vs Sinhalese Dialects and find the total number of dialects in Lao and Sinhalese language. In some regions, Lao and Sinhalese languages are used as second language. There are 3.00 million speakers who use Lao as second language and 2.00 million speakers who use Sinhalese as second language.

Native Names of Lao and Sinhalese

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

• Lao alternative names are: Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
• Sinhalese alternative names are: Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala

The French name of Lao is lao whereas German name of Lao is Laotisch. The German name of Sinhalese is Singhalesisch whereas French name of Sinhalese is lao.