Countries
Sri Lanka
India, Nepal
National Language
Sri Lanka
Nepal
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Hindi
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good afternoon
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
कृपया
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Nepal
Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
-
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Baitadeli
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
singhalais
népalais
German Name
Singhalesisch
Nepali
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Nepali
Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
sinh1246
nepa1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative
All Sinhalese and Nepali 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 Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Nepali Speaking population
Sinhalese and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Sinhalese vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Nepali Language Codes
Sinhalese and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.