Countries
Sri Lanka
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Sri Lanka
Indonesia
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 Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5433
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
185
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3616
9
60
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks40 weeks
3
88
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Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Halo
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Nuhun
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Wilujeng énjing
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Mangga
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Hapunten
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Punten
Dialect 1
Vedda
Western dialect
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Banten
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
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Bogor
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
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Bandung
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
16
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
16.00 million39.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.25 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
16.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million39.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
singhalais
soundanais
German Name
Singhalesisch
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
3
5th century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indonesian
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Sundanese
Language Position
7042
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
si
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sin
sun
ISO 639 2/B
sin
sun
ISO 639 3
sin
sun
ISO 639 6
sin
sun
Glottocode
sinh1246
sund1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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