Countries
Sri Lanka
Cambodia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Sri Lanka
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, France, United States of America
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.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Lao Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5453
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1820
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3633
9
60
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Khmer
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
24
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
හලෝ (halō)
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
រាត្រីលា
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
លើកលែងរសៀល
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
សូម
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
សូរី
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
សូមទាញយក
Dialect 1
Vedda
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.001,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
-
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
-
Cambodia, Thailand
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0016,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
16
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
16.00 million16.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.25 %0.24 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
16.00 million13.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
singhalais
khmer central
German Name
Singhalesisch
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Origin
3
14
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Modern Khmer
Language Position
701
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Khmer Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
si
km
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sin
khm
ISO 639 2/B
sin
khm
ISO 639 3
sin
khm
ISO 639 6
sin
khm
Glottocode
sinh1246
khme1253
Linguasphere
No data available
48-ACB
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating