Countries
Sri Lanka
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Sri Lanka
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5453
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1828
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3627
9
60
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
හලෝ (halō)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Vedda
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Laos
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
-
Laos
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Central Lao
Where They Speak
-
Laos
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
16
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
16.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.25 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
16.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
French Name
singhalais
lao
German Name
Singhalesisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Lao people
Origin
3
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tai
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Lao
Language Position
7043
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
si
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sin
lao
ISO 639 2/B
sin
lao
ISO 639 3
sin
lao
ISO 639 6
sin
lao
Glottocode
sinh1246
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Isolating