Countries
Sri Lanka
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Sri Lanka
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Sri Lanka
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
German and English Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
dankjewel
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
goede Nacht
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
goedemiddag
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
goedemorgen
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
alsjeblieft
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
sorry
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
pardon
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
-
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Limburgian
Where They Speak
-
Belgium, Netherlands
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
singhalais
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Singhalesisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Dutch people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sinh1246
mode1257
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic
All Sinhalese and Dutch 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 Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Dutch Speaking population
Sinhalese and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Sinhalese vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Dutch Language Codes
Sinhalese and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.