Countries
Sri Lanka
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
National Language
Sri Lanka
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
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.
- Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
- Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Tamil
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Telugu Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
బై (Bai)
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Chenchu
Where They Speak
Not Available
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
Not Available
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
singhalais
télougou
German Name
Singhalesisch
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Telugu people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Telugu
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
telu1262
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
Sinhalese and Telugu Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Sinhalese and Telugu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sinhalese and Telugu language. Sinhalese word for "Hello" is හලෝ (halō) or Telugu word for "Thank You" is ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu). Find more of such common Sinhalese Greetings and Telugu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sinhalese vs Telugu Difficulty
The Sinhalese vs Telugu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese Alphabets and Telugu Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Sinhalese and Telugu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and Telugu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn Telugu time required is 44 weeks.