Countries
Sri Lanka
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Total No. Of Countries
110
0
46
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National Language
Sri Lanka
Portugal
Second Language
Sri Lanka
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5423
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
189
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3619
9
60
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Olá
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
obrigado
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Como você está?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
boa noite
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
boa Tarde
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
bom Dia
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Por Favor
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
pesaroso
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
tchau
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Vedda
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Brazil
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00204,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
-
Portugal
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
-
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.004,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
126
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million231.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.25 %3.27 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
16.00 million216.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Português
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Português
French Name
singhalais
portugais
German Name
Singhalesisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
3
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Romance
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Portuguese
Language Position
706
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
si
pt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sin
por
ISO 639 2/B
sin
por
ISO 639 3
sin
por
ISO 639 6
sin
por
Glottocode
sinh1246
port1283
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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