How many people speak Santali and Sinhalese?

Santali vs Sinhalese Speaking Population

Under how many people speak Santali and Sinhalese, you will get to compare Santali vs Sinhalese speaking population. How many people speak Santali and Sinhalese gives you the number of people speaking Santali and Sinhalese in terms of percentage and millions. Worldwide, the number of people speaking Santali language is 6.30 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 Santali is 0.02 % and speaking population of Sinhalese is 0.25 %. For more detailed difference check out Santali vs Sinhalese.

Santali native speakers vs Sinhalese native speakers

How many people speak Santali and Sinhalese languages tells about Santali native speakers vs Sinhalese native speakers. The native language is also known as first language. Total 6.30 million people speak Santali as native language while 16.00 million people speak Sinhalese as native language. You can also go to Santali vs Sinhalese Dialects and find the total number of dialects in Santali and Sinhalese language. In some regions, Santali and Sinhalese languages are used as second language. There are 6.50 million speakers who use Santali as second language and 2.00 million speakers who use Sinhalese as second language.

Native Names of Santali and Sinhalese

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

• Santali alternative names are: Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
• Sinhalese alternative names are: Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala

The French name of Santali is santal whereas German name of Santali is Santali. The German name of Sinhalese is Singhalesisch whereas French name of Sinhalese is santal.