Sinhalese and Oriya Speaking countries

Sinhalese vs Oriya Countries

Comparing Sinhalese vs Oriya countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Sinhalese and Oriya languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Sinhalese is official language is 1 whereas total number of countries where Oriya is official language is 1

Find if Sinhalese and Oriya are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Sinhalese and Oriya speaking countries will give you the presence of Sinhalese and Oriya languages in different countries. Along with Sinhalese vs Oriya countries, you can also compare Sinhalese vs Oriya.

Sinhalese and Oriya as Minority Language

In Sinhalese and Oriya speaking countries you will get the countries which have Sinhalese and Oriya as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

If you want to compare Sinhalese and Oriya dialects, then you can go to Sinhalese vs Oriya Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Sinhalese and Oriya Regulators

Sinhalese and Oriya speaking countries provide you Sinhalese and Oriya regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල) regulates Sinhalese language.Oriya is not regulated. Also get to learn, Sinhalese and Oriya Language History.

Sinhalese and Oriya Continents

Thinking about Sinhalese and Oriya continents in which Sinhalese and Oriya speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Sinhalese and Oriya. Most of the Sinhalese speaking countries lie in Asia. While Oriya speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Sinhalese and Oriya languages:

Sinhalese 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.

Oriya Interesting Facts:

• The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
• Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.

The Sinhalese language was derived from Sanskrit Language and is similar to Maldivian Language whereas Sinhalese language is similar to Bengali and Assamese and derived from Sanskrit Language.