Countries
China, Mongolia
Sri Lanka
National Language
China, Mongolia
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
- 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
Turkish Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Vedda
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Mongolia
-
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Mongolia
-
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
mongol
singhalais
German Name
Mongolisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Mongols
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Mongolic family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
mong1331
sinh1246
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
All Mongolian 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 Mongolian and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Mongolian and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Mongolian are spoken in different Mongolian Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Mongolian vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian, Ordos Mongolian. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Mongolian and Sinhalese Speaking population
Mongolian and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mongolian and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Mongolian and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is 0.14 % 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 Mongolian and Sinhalese on Mongolian vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Mongolian and Sinhalese Language Codes
Mongolian and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Mongolian and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.