Countries
Sri Lanka
Iran
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Sri Lanka
Iran
Second Language
Sri Lanka
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Speaking Continents
Asia
Antartica
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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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.
Luri language is spoken mainly in western and southwestern Iran.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Persian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5445
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
185
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3640
9
60
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks25 weeks
3
88
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Hello
හලෝ (halō)
hello
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Thank you
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
how are you
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good night
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good evening
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good afternoon
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Good morning
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Please
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
sorry
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
bye
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
i love you
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
excuse me
Dialect 1
Vedda
Feyli lurish
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Bakhtiari
Where They Speak
-
Iran
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Laki
Where They Speak
-
Iran
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.001,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
15
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
16.00 million0.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.25 %0.00 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
16.00 million0.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million89.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
nanme
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Lori, Luri, Luristani
French Name
singhalais
louri
German Name
Singhalesisch
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Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Lurs
Origin
3
19 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
gd
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
gd
Language Position
7023
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
si
12
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sin
lrc
ISO 639 2/B
sin
lrc
ISO 639 3
sin
12
ISO 639 6
sin
lrc
Glottocode
sinh1246
12
Linguasphere
No data available
12
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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