Countries
Sri Lanka
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Sri Lanka
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Vedda
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Israel, kerala
Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Mappila
Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
-
France, kerala
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
singhalais
malayalam
German Name
Singhalesisch
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Malayali
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early form
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sinh1246
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic
All Sinhalese and Malayalam 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 Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Malayalam Speaking population
Sinhalese and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Malayalam on Sinhalese vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Malayalam Language Codes
Sinhalese and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.