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