How many people speak Sinhalese and Burmese?

Sinhalese vs Burmese Speaking Population

Under how many people speak Sinhalese and Burmese, you will get to compare Sinhalese vs Burmese speaking population. How many people speak Sinhalese and Burmese gives you the number of people speaking Sinhalese and Burmese in terms of percentage and millions. Worldwide, the number of people speaking Sinhalese language is 16.00 million and number of people speaking Burmese language is 43.00 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 Burmese is 0.50 %. For more detailed difference check out Sinhalese vs Burmese.

Sinhalese native speakers vs Burmese native speakers

How many people speak Sinhalese and Burmese languages tells about Sinhalese native speakers vs Burmese native speakers. The native language is also known as first language. Total 16.00 million people speak Sinhalese as native language while 33.00 million people speak Burmese as native language. You can also go to Sinhalese vs Burmese Dialects and find the total number of dialects in Sinhalese and Burmese language. In some regions, Sinhalese and Burmese languages are used as second language. There are 2.00 million speakers who use Sinhalese as second language and 10.00 million speakers who use Burmese as second language.

Native Names of Sinhalese and Burmese

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

• Sinhalese alternative names are: Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
• Burmese alternative names are: Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa

The French name of Sinhalese is singhalais whereas German name of Sinhalese is Singhalesisch. The German name of Burmese is Birmanisch whereas French name of Burmese is singhalais.