Sinhalese and Navajo
Countries
Sri Lanka
United States of America
National Language
Sri Lanka
United States of America
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
North America
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.
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Apache Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Yá'át'ééh
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Ahéhee'
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Yá'át'ééh
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Yá'át'ééh abíní
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
T'aa shoodi
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Nízhdził
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Hágoónee’
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Ayóó ánííníshí
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Shoohá
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Arizona
Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Navajo2
Where They Speak
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New Mexico
Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Navajo3
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Navaho
French Name
singhalais
navaho
German Name
Singhalesisch
Navajo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Navajo people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Athapascan
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Navajo
Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Navajo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sinh1246
nava1243
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
All Sinhalese and Navajo 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 Navajo dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Navajo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Navajo Dialects are spoken in different Navajo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Navajo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Navajo dialects include: Navajo1 , Navajo2. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Navajo Speaking population
Sinhalese and Navajo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Navajo languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Navajo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Navajo language is 0.05 %. 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 Navajo on Sinhalese vs Navajo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Navajo Language Codes
Sinhalese and Navajo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Navajo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.