How many people speak Sinhalese and Tamil?

Sinhalese vs Tamil Speaking Population

Under how many people speak Sinhalese and Tamil, you will get to compare Sinhalese vs Tamil speaking population. How many people speak Sinhalese and Tamil gives you the number of people speaking Sinhalese and Tamil in terms of percentage and millions. Worldwide, the number of people speaking Sinhalese language is 16.00 million and number of people speaking Tamil language is 78.00 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 Tamil is 1.06 %. For more detailed difference check out Sinhalese vs Tamil.

Sinhalese native speakers vs Tamil native speakers

How many people speak Sinhalese and Tamil languages tells about Sinhalese native speakers vs Tamil native speakers. The native language is also known as first language. Total 16.00 million people speak Sinhalese as native language while 70.00 million people speak Tamil as native language. You can also go to Sinhalese vs Tamil Dialects and find the total number of dialects in Sinhalese and Tamil language. In some regions, Sinhalese and Tamil languages are used as second language. There are 2.00 million speakers who use Sinhalese as second language and 8.00 million speakers who use Tamil as second language.

Native Names of Sinhalese and Tamil

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

• Sinhalese alternative names are: Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
• Tamil alternative names are: Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili

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