Sinhalese and Maithili
Countries
Sri Lanka
India, Nepal
National Language
Sri Lanka
India, Nepal
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Nepal
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
dhanyabad
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Śubharātri
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Suprabhaat
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
kripaya
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
maf karai
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
kripaya
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Nepal
Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Madhubani
Where They Speak
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North India
Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Khortha
Where They Speak
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Deoghar, France
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
singhalais
maithili
German Name
Singhalesisch
Maithili
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Maithil
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Standard Maithili
Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
si
No data available
Glottocode
sinh1246
mait1250
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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All Sinhalese and Maithili 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 Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Maithili Speaking population
Sinhalese and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Sinhalese vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Maithili Language Codes
Sinhalese and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.