Countries
Sri Lanka
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
133
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National Language
Sri Lanka
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Sri Lanka
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Hello
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Thank you
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
How are you?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Night
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Good Morning
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Please
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Sorry
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Bye
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
I love you
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Excuse Me