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
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 in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Te Quiero
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Discúlpeme
Dialect 1
Vedda
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Mexico
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
Not Available
Cuba
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
Not Available
Puerto Rico
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Español
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Castellano, Castilian, Español
French Name
singhalais
espagnol; castillan
German Name
Singhalesisch
Spanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Romance
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Spanish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
stan1288
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic