Countries
Sri Lanka
Fiji, India
National Language
Sri Lanka
India
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Urdu
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Vedda
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Marwari
Where They Speak
-
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Bundeli
Where They Speak
-
Bundelkhand
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
singhalais
hindi
German Name
Singhalesisch
Hindi
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Hindustani people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Standard Hindi
Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sinh1246
hind1269
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-qf
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
All Sinhalese and Hindi 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 Hindi dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Hindi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Hindi Dialects are spoken in different Hindi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Hindi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Hindi dialects include: Khariboli , Marwari. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Hindi Speaking population
Sinhalese and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. 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 Hindi on Sinhalese vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Hindi Language Codes
Sinhalese and Hindi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Hindi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.