How many people speak Sinhalese and Bengali?

Sinhalese vs Bengali Speaking Population

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

Sinhalese native speakers vs Bengali native speakers

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

Native Names of Sinhalese and Bengali

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

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

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