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Sinhalese
Sinhalese

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Countries

Countries

Sri Lanka
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara

Total No. Of Countries

146
0 46
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National Language

Sri Lanka
Spain

Second Language

Sri Lanka
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

Regulated By

Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española

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.
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.

Similar To

Maldivian Language
French Language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5427
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

185
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3622
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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Greetings

Hello

හලෝ (halō)
hola

Thank You

ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Gracias

How Are You?

ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Cómo estás?

Good Night

සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Buenas Noches

Good Evening

සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Bonne soirée

Good Afternoon

සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Buenas Tardes

Good Morning

සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Buenos Días

Please

කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Por Favor

Sorry

සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
triste

Bye

බායි (bāyi)
adiós

I Love You

මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Te Quiero

Excuse Me

මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Discúlpeme

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vedda
Mexican Spanish

Where They Speak

Sri Lanka
Mexico

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.00105,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Sri Lankan Sinhala
Cuban Spanish

Where They Speak

-
Cuba

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.0011,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Up-Country Sinhalese
Puerto Rican Spanish

Where They Speak

-
Puerto Rico

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.003,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

121
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

16.00 million489.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.25 %6.15 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

16.00 million410.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

2.00 million89.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

සිංහල (sĩhala)
Español

Alternative Names

Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Castellano, Castilian, Español

French Name

singhalais
espagnol; castillan

German Name

Singhalesisch
Spanisch

Pronunciation

[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

Ethnicity

Sinhalese people
Spanish people

History

Origin

3
210 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Romance

Branch

Indic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Sinhalese Prakrit
Old Spanish and Spanish

Standard Forms

Modern Sinhalese
Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Language Position

702
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Sinhalese
Signed Spanish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

si
es

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sin
spa

ISO 639 2/B

sin
spa

ISO 639 3

sin
spa

ISO 639 6

sin
spa

Glottocode

sinh1246
stan1288

Linguasphere

No data available
51-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic

Sinhalese and Spanish Alphabets

Sinhalese and Spanish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Sinhalese and Spanish. In Sinhalese Alphabets there are 54 letters while in Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Sinhalese and Spanish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Sinhalese and Spanish languages. The Sinhalese phonology consist Sinhalese vowels and Sinhalese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Sinhalese greetings vs Spanish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Sinhalese and Spanish are Most Spoken Languages.

All Sinhalese and Spanish 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 Spanish dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Spanish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Spanish Dialects are spoken in different Spanish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Spanish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Spanish dialects include: Mexican Spanish , Cuban Spanish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Sinhalese and Spanish Speaking population

Sinhalese and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Sinhalese vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Spanish Language Codes

Sinhalese and Spanish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Spanish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.