Countries
Vietnam
Sri Lanka
National Language
Vietnam
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
- 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
Chinese Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Chinese Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Xin chào
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
Cam on
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
xin vui lòng
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Xin lỗi
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Xin loi
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Vedda
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
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Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
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Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
vietnamien
singhalais
German Name
Vietnamesisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
viet1252
sinh1246
Linguasphere
46-EBA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional
All Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Vietnamese and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Vietnamese are spoken in different Vietnamese Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Vietnamese vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese, North-central Vietnamese. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Vietnamese and Sinhalese Speaking population
Vietnamese and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % 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 Vietnamese and Sinhalese on Vietnamese vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Vietnamese and Sinhalese Language Codes
Vietnamese and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Vietnamese and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.