Countries
Sri Lanka
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Sri Lanka
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Not Available
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
劳驾 (Láojià)
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Wu
Where They Speak
Not Available
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Yue
Where They Speak
Not Available
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Not Available
French Name
singhalais
chinois
German Name
Singhalesisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Han
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data available
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating
All Sinhalese and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Chinese Speaking population
Sinhalese and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Sinhalese vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Chinese Language Codes
Sinhalese and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.