Countries
India
Sri Lanka
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
Not Available
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
- 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
Munda Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Henda ho
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
Adi Johar
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Boge Ninda
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Not Available
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Not Available
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Not Available
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
Not Available
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
Not Available
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Not Available
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
India
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Not present
Not Available
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Not Available
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
santal
singhalais
German Name
Santali
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Santali
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
si
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sant1410
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
Santali and Sinhalese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Santali and Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Sinhalese language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Sinhalese Difficulty
The Santali vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Sinhalese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Santali and Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.