×

Sinhalese
Sinhalese




ADD
Compare

Sinhalese Language

Add ⊕

Countries

Countries

Sri Lanka

Total No. Of Countries

1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
0 46
👆🏻

National Language

Sri Lanka

Second Language

Sri Lanka

Speaking Continents

Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)

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.

Similar To

Maldivian Language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

54
Rank: 33 (Overall)
18 247
👆🏻

Phonology

How Many Vowels

18
Rank: 15 (Overall)
0 32
👆🏻

How Many Consonants

36
Rank: 26 (Overall)
9 60
👆🏻

Scripts

Sinhala alphabet

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

2
Rank: 1 (Overall)
2 12
👆🏻

Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3 88
👆🏻

Greetings

Hello

හලෝ (halō)

Thank You

ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)

How Are You?

ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)

Good Night

සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)

Good Evening

සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)

Good Afternoon

සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)

Good Morning

සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)

Please

කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)

Sorry

සමාවන්න (samāvanna)

Bye

බායි (bāyi)

I Love You

මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)

Excuse Me

මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vedda

Where They Speak

Sri Lanka

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.00
Rank: 30 (Overall)
1.5 960000000
👆🏻

Dialect 2

Sri Lankan Sinhala

Where They Speak

-

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.00
Rank: 27 (Overall)
700 274000000
👆🏻

Dialect 3

Up-Country Sinhalese

Where They Speak

-

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.00
Rank: 27 (Overall)
2 230000000
👆🏻

Total No. Of Dialects

1
Rank: 1 (Overall)
0 188
👆🏻

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

16.00 million
Rank: 45 (Overall)
0 1200
👆🏻

Speaking Population

0.25 %
Rank: 43 (Overall)
0 89
👆🏻

Native Speakers

16.00 million
Rank: 39 (Overall)
0 873
👆🏻

Second Language Speakers

2.00 million
Rank: 57 (Overall)
0.01 400
👆🏻

Native Name

සිංහල (sĩhala)

Alternative Names

Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala

French Name

singhalais

German Name

Singhalesisch

Pronunciation

[ˈsiŋhəliːz]

Ethnicity

Sinhalese people

History

Origin

3

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian

Branch

Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Sinhalese Prakrit

Standard Forms

Modern Sinhalese

Language Position

70
Rank: 59 (Overall)
1 120
👆🏻

Signed Forms

Signed Sinhalese

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

si

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sin

ISO 639 2/B

sin

ISO 639 3

sin

ISO 639 6

sin

Glottocode

sinh1246

Linguasphere

No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional

Origin of Sinhalese language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Sinhalese language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Sinhalese language states that it was put to use in . The history of Sinhalese language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Sinhalese Language History.The evolution of Sinhalese language began with early forms such as . is the standard form of Sinhalese language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Sinhalese Language.

Sinhalese population

Sinhalese population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Sinhalese language. Sinhalese language is spoken by people in the world. Most of the Sinhalese population lies in the Sinhalese Speaking Countries. Sinhalese language is spoken as first language by people and as second language by about people. Get to know Sinhalese speaking population in detail.

Sinhalese writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Sinhalese writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Sinhalese language. Some languages share common writing systems. script is used by Sinhalese language. Learn more about . 

Information about Sinhalese language

Check out all the information about Sinhalese language here. You may find it interesting to learn Sinhalese Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Sinhalese Speaking Countries, Sinhalese speaking continents and Sinhalese Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Sinhalese countries knowing common Sinhalese Greetings will help you in communicating with Sinhalese people.