Countries
Sri Lanka
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Sri Lanka
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Goa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Telugu
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5449
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1814
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3635
9
60
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
හලෝ (halō)
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Vedda
Badaga
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Urali
Where They Speak
-
kerala
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Kurumba
Where They Speak
-
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
120
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
16.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.25 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
16.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
singhalais
kannada
German Name
Singhalesisch
Kannada
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Kannadiga
Origin
3
c. 450
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Modern Kannada
Language Position
7031
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
si
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sin
kan
ISO 639 2/B
sin
kan
ISO 639 3
sin
kan
ISO 639 6
sin
kan
Glottocode
sinh1246
nucl1305
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
-