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Sinhalese
Sinhalese and Spanish


Countries
Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
Sri Lanka  
Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
1  
14
National Language
Spain  
Sri Lanka  
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Sri Lanka  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  
Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  
Similar To
French Language  
Maldivian Language  
Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Alphabets
27  
9
54  
33
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
5  
2
18  
15
How Many Consonants
22  
12
36  
26
Scripts
Latin  
Sinhala alphabet  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17
Greetings
Hello
hola  
හලෝ (halō)  
Thank You
Gracias  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  
Good Night
Buenas Noches  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  
Good Morning
Buenos Días  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  
Please
Por Favor  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  
Sorry
triste  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  
Bye
adiós  
බායි (bāyi)  
I Love You
Te Quiero  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  
Dialects
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Vedda  
Where They Speak
Mexico  
Sri Lanka  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
6
19,000,000.00  
30
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Sri Lankan Sinhala  
Where They Speak
Cuba  
-  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
35
19,000,000.00  
27
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Up-Country Sinhalese  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
-  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27
Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
1  
1
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
16.00 million  
99+
Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.25 %  
99+
Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
16.00 million  
39
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
2.00 million  
99+
Native Name
Español  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  
French Name
espagnol; castillan  
singhalais  
German Name
Spanisch  
Singhalesisch  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  
Ethnicity
Spanish people  
Sinhalese people  
History
Origin
210 BC  
3  
Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  
Subgroup
Romance  
Indo-Iranian  
Branch
-  
Indic  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
Sinhalese Prakrit  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Modern Sinhalese  
Language Position
2  
2
70  
99+
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Signed Sinhalese  
Scope
Individual  
Individual  
Code
ISO 639 1
es  
si  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa  
sin  
ISO 639 2/B
spa  
sin  
ISO 639 3
spa  
sin  
ISO 639 6
spa  
sin  
Glottocode
stan1288  
sinh1246  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
No data available  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living  
Living  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  
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All Spanish and Sinhalese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Spanish and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Spanish and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Spanish are spoken in different Spanish Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Spanish vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Spanish dialects include: Mexican Spanish, Cuban Spanish. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Spanish and Sinhalese Speaking population

Spanish and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Spanish and Sinhalese on Spanish vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Sinhalese Language Codes

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