Countries
Sri Lanka
United States of America
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Sri Lanka
United States of America
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
North America
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.
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Apache Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5436
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1812
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3634
9
60
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
22
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Yá'át'ééh
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Ahéhee'
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Yá'át'ééh
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Yá'át'ééh abíní
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
T'aa shoodi
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Nízhdził
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Hágoónee’
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Ayóó ánííníshí
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Shoohá
Dialect 1
Vedda
Navajo1
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Arizona
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Navajo2
Where They Speak
-
New Mexico
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00170,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Navajo3
Where They Speak
-
Utah
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00120,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
14
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
16.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.25 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
16.00 million1.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million0.17 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Navaho
French Name
singhalais
navaho
German Name
Singhalesisch
Navajo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Navajo people
Origin
3
1500 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Athapascan
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Navajo
Language Position
7029
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Navajo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
si
nv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sin
nav
ISO 639 2/B
sin
nav
ISO 639 3
sin
nav
ISO 639 6
sin
nav
Glottocode
sinh1246
nava1243
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic