Countries
Sri Lanka
Vietnam
National Language
Sri Lanka
Vietnam
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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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.
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Xin chào
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Cam on
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Bạn khỏe không?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Chúc ngủ ngon
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Chào buổi tối
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Chào buổi trưa
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Chào buổi sáng
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
xin vui lòng
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Xin lỗi
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
tôi yêu bạn
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Xin loi
Dialect 1
Vedda
Northern Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
North-central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
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Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
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Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
singhalais
vietnamien
German Name
Singhalesisch
Vietnamesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Standard Vietnamese
Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sinh1246
viet1252
Linguasphere
No data available
46-EBA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating
All Sinhalese and Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Vietnamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Vietnamese Dialects are spoken in different Vietnamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Vietnamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese , North-central Vietnamese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Vietnamese Speaking population
Sinhalese and Vietnamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Vietnamese languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Vietnamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 %. 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 Vietnamese on Sinhalese vs Vietnamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Vietnamese Language Codes
Sinhalese and Vietnamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Vietnamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.