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Sinhalese

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Countries

Countries

Sri Lanka
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

132
0 46
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National Language

Sri Lanka
France

Second Language

Sri Lanka
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Maldivian Language
Italian Language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5426
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

186
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3620
9 60
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Scripts

Sinhala alphabet
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

26
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

හලෝ (halō)
bonjour

Thank You

ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Merci

How Are You?

ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Bonjour

Please

කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
désolé

Bye

බායි (bāyi)
au revoir

I Love You

මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vedda
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Sri Lanka
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Sri Lankan Sinhala
African French

Where They Speak

-
Africa

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Up-Country Sinhalese
Swiss French

Where They Speak

-
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

125
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

16.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.25 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

16.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

2.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

සිංහල (sĩhala)
français

Alternative Names

Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Français

French Name

singhalais
français

German Name

Singhalesisch
Französisch

Pronunciation

[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Sinhalese people
French people

History

Origin

3
9th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Romance

Branch

Indic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Sinhalese Prakrit
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Modern Sinhalese
Standard French

Language Position

7013
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Sinhalese
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

si
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sin
fra

ISO 639 2/B

sin
fre

ISO 639 3

sin
fra

ISO 639 6

sin
fras

Glottocode

sinh1246
stan1290

Linguasphere

No data available
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic

Sinhalese and French Alphabets

Sinhalese and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Sinhalese and French. In Sinhalese Alphabets there are 54 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Sinhalese and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Sinhalese and French languages. The Sinhalese phonology consist Sinhalese vowels and Sinhalese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Sinhalese greetings vs French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Sinhalese and French are Most Spoken Languages.

All Sinhalese and French 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 French dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and French language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas French Dialects are spoken in different French speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs French Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. French dialects include: Quebec French , African French. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Sinhalese and French Speaking population

Sinhalese and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and French languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Sinhalese vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and French Language Codes

Sinhalese and French language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and French Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.