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
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 in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 1
Vedda
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
African French
Where They Speak
-
Africa
Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Swiss French
Where They Speak
-
Northeast France, Switzerland
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Romance
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Standard French
Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sinh1246
stan1290
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
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.