Countries
Sri Lanka
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
National Language
Sri Lanka
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
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.
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Молим (Molim)
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Волим те (Volim te)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Vedda
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Southeastern Serbia
Dialect 2
Not Available
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
Not Available
Serbia
Dialect 3
Not Available
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Not Available
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Montenegrin
French Name
singhalais
serbe
German Name
Singhalesisch
Serbisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Serbs
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Standard Serbian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
serb1264
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Sinhalese and Serbian 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 Serbian dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Serbian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Serbian Dialects are spoken in different Serbian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Serbian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok , Smederevo–Vršac. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Serbian Speaking population
Sinhalese and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available. 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 Serbian on Sinhalese vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Serbian Language Codes
Sinhalese and Serbian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Serbian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.