Countries
Sri Lanka
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Sri Lanka
Germany
Second Language
Sri Lanka
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Council for German Orthography
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.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Danke
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
gute Nacht
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
guten Tag
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
guten Morgen
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
bitte
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Verzeihung
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Vedda
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Not Available
Germany
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Texas German
Where They Speak
Not Available
Texas
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
singhalais
allemand
German Name
Singhalesisch
Deutsch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Germans
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
sinh1246
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
All Sinhalese and German 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 German dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and German Speaking population
Sinhalese and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and German languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Sinhalese vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and German Language Codes
Sinhalese and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.