Countries
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
National Language
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Not Available
Not Available
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Not Available
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
singhalais
singhalais
German Name
Singhalesisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
sinh1246
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
All Sinhalese and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Sinhalese Speaking population
Sinhalese and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese on Sinhalese vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Sinhalese Language Codes
Sinhalese and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.