Countries
Sri Lanka
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Sri Lanka
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Dagbani Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5426
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
188
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3616
9
60
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Kia ora
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Laafi bala
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Kia ora
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Ne y yibeogo
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
gafare
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
gafare
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Vedda
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Saremde
Where They Speak
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Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Taolende
Where They Speak
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Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
18
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
16.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.25 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
16.00 million7.60 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Mosse
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
singhalais
moré
German Name
Singhalesisch
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Mossi
Origin
3
11th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Western Sudanic
Branch
Indic
Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Mossi
Language Position
7037
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
si
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sin
mos
ISO 639 2/B
sin
mos
ISO 639 3
sin
mos
ISO 639 6
sin
mos
Glottocode
sinh1246
moss1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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