Countries
Sri Lanka
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5427
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
186
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3615
9
60
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Khurumjari
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Nongale haugatl
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Chanbiduna
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Saobiganu
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Chatcharage
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Vedda
Loi
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Pangal
Where They Speak
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Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
-
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
16
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
16.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.25 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
16.00 million1.50 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
singhalais
Meithei
German Name
Singhalesisch
Meithei
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Meithei people
Origin
3
1700
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Standard Meithei
Language Position
7038
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
si
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sin
mni
ISO 639 2/B
sin
mni
ISO 639 3
sin
mni
ISO 639 6
sin
mni
Glottocode
sinh1246
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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