Countries
Sri Lanka
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Sri Lanka
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
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5442
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1811
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3631
9
60
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
හලෝ (halō)
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Vedda
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
India
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Ganjami
Where They Speak
-
India
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Kosli
Where They Speak
-
India
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00520,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
18
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
16.00 million33.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.25 %0.50 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
16.00 million33.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
singhalais
oriya
German Name
Singhalesisch
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Odias
Origin
3
3 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Standard Odia
Language Position
7032
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
si
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sin
ori
ISO 639 2/B
sin
ori
ISO 639 3
sin
ori
ISO 639 6
sin
ori
Glottocode
sinh1246
macr1269
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
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