National Language
Sri Lanka
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Vedda
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Laos
Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Northern Lao
Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Central Lao
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
French Name
singhalais
lao
German Name
Singhalesisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Lao people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tai
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Lao
Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sinh1246
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Isolating
All Sinhalese and Lao 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 Lao dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Lao Speaking population
Sinhalese and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 %. 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 Lao on Sinhalese vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Lao Language Codes
Sinhalese and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.