Countries
Sri Lanka
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Sri Lanka
India
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Konkani Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5452
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1816
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3636
9
60
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Devanagari
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 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
හලෝ (halō)
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Vedda
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Kokan
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Varhadi
Where They Speak
-
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
-
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
142
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
16.00 million71.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.25 %1.10 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
16.00 million68.00 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)
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
singhalais
marathe
German Name
Singhalesisch
Marathi
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Marathi people
Origin
3
10th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Marathi
Language Position
7017
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
si
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sin
mar
ISO 639 2/B
sin
mar
ISO 639 3
sin
mar
ISO 639 6
sin
mar
Glottocode
sinh1246
mara1378
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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