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Sinhalese

Telugu
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Countries

Countries

Sri Lanka
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam

Total No. Of Countries

14
0 46
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National Language

Sri Lanka
Andra Pradesh, India

Second Language

Sri Lanka
Karnataka

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu

Regulated By

Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh

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.
  • Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
  • Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.

Similar To

Maldivian Language
Tamil

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5460
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1819
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3641
9 60
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Scripts

Sinhala alphabet
Telugu Script

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

23
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

හලෝ (halō)
హలో (Halō)

Thank You

ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)

How Are You?

ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)

Good Night

සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)

Good Evening

සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)

Good Afternoon

සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)

Good Morning

සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)

Please

කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)

Sorry

සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)

Bye

බායි (bāyi)
బై (Bai)

I Love You

මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)

Excuse Me

මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vedda
Waddar

Where They Speak

Sri Lanka
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra

How Many People Speak

NA170,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

-9999
Chenchu

Where They Speak

Not Available
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa

How Many People Speak

NA26,000.00
700 80000000
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Dialect 3

-9999
Manna-Dora

Where They Speak

Not Available
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu

How Many People Speak

NA30,000.00
1400 96000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

138
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

16.00 million80.00 million
0.13 1200
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Speaking Population

0.25 %1.15 %
0.11 89
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Native Speakers

16.00 million75.00 million
0.13 873
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Second Language Speakers

2.00 million5.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

සිංහල (sĩhala)
తెలుగు (telugu)

Alternative Names

Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan

French Name

singhalais
télougou

German Name

Singhalesisch
Telugu-Sprache

Pronunciation

Not Available
Not Available

Ethnicity

Sinhalese people
Telugu people

History

Origin

3
c. 575

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Not Available

Branch

Indic
Not Available

Language Forms

Early Forms

Sinhalese Prakrit
Early Telugu epigraphy

Standard Forms

Modern Sinhalese
Telugu

Language Position

7015
1 120
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Signed Forms

Not Available
Not Available

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

si
te

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sin
tel

ISO 639 2/B

sin
tel

ISO 639 3

sin
tel

ISO 639 6

Not Available
Not Available

Glottocode

sinh1246
telu1262

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Not Available

Sinhalese and Telugu Alphabets

Sinhalese and Telugu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Sinhalese and Telugu. In Sinhalese Alphabets there are 54 letters while in Telugu Alphabets there are 60 letters. To learn Sinhalese and Telugu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Sinhalese and Telugu 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 Telugu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Sinhalese and Telugu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Sinhalese and Telugu Speaking population

Sinhalese and Telugu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Telugu languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Telugu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Telugu language is 1.15 %. 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 Telugu on Sinhalese vs Telugu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Telugu Language Codes

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