Countries
Sri Lanka
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
Sri Lanka
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
South 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.
- One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Aymara and Guarani Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5431
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
185
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3626
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
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Rimaykullayki
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Solpayki
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Allillanchu
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Allin tuta
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Wuynas nuchis
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Wuynas tardis
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Wuynus diyas
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
jamuspa
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Pampachaykuway
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
bye
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Kuyayki
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Pampachaway
Dialect 1
Vedda
Ancash
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Peru
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00920,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Huánuco
Where They Speak
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Peru
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00190,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Yaru
Where They Speak
-
Peru
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
110
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
16.00 million8.90 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.25 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
16.00 million8.90 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Qhichwa
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
North La Paz Quechua
French Name
singhalais
quechua
German Name
Singhalesisch
Quechua-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[ˈketʃwa]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Quechua
Origin
3
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Quechumaran Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Andean Equatorial
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Quechua
Language Position
7023
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Signed Quechua
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
si
qu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sin
que
ISO 639 2/B
sin
que
ISO 639 3
sin
que
ISO 639 6
sin
que
Glottocode
sinh1246
quec1387
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative, Synthetic