Sinhalese and Dzongkha
Countries
Sri Lanka
Bhutan
National Language
Sri Lanka
Bhutan
Second Language
Sri Lanka
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Dzongkha Development 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.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
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Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Tsip maza
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Tsip maza
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Bhutan
Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Lunana
Where They Speak
-
Bhutan
Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Adap
Where They Speak
-
Bhutan
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
singhalais
dzongkha
German Name
Singhalesisch
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Ngalop people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Branch
Indic
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Dzongkha
Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sinh1246
nucl1307
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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All Sinhalese and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Dzongkha Speaking population
Sinhalese and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 %. 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 Dzongkha on Sinhalese vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Dzongkha Language Codes
Sinhalese and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.