Countries
Sri Lanka
Myanmar
National Language
Sri Lanka
Myanmar
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Tangut
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Vedda
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Not Available
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Intha
Where They Speak
Not Available
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
singhalais
birman
German Name
Singhalesisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Bamar people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating
All Sinhalese and Burmese 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 Sinhalese and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Burmese Speaking population
Sinhalese and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Sinhalese and Burmese on Sinhalese vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Burmese Language Codes
Sinhalese and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.