Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Sri Lanka
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Vedda
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Mappila
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
France, kerala
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Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
malayalam
singhalais
German Name
Malayalam
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early form
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
mala1464
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
All Malayalam and Sinhalese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Malayalam and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malayalam and Sinhalese Speaking population
Malayalam and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malayalam and Sinhalese on Malayalam vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Sinhalese Language Codes
Malayalam and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.