People Groups Lists Language:  Sinhala

Language:  Sinhala

Estimated Global Speakers

15,339,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

64

Scripture Status

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Primary Language
(64 people groups)
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Photo People Group ▲ Country Population Progress Scale
Ahinkuntaya Sri Lanka 62,000 ●
Badahala Sri Lanka 117,000 ●
Batgama Sri Lanka 388,000 ●
Berava Sri Lanka 380,000 ●
Bintanna Sri Lanka 6,900 ●
Bodhivansha Sri Lanka 15,000 ●
Burgher Sri Lanka 47,000 ●
Couratto Sri Lanka 7,100 ●
Demala Gattara Sri Lanka 8,300 ●
Dodda-Weddah Sri Lanka 39,000 ●
Durava Sri Lanka 745,000 ●
Gahala Sri Lanka 11,000 ●
Gattara Sri Lanka 781,000 ●
Gauraykwallu Sri Lanka 20,000 ●
Govigama Sri Lanka 573,000 ●
Govigama Patti Sri Lanka 28,000 ●
Govigama Radala Sri Lanka 28,000 ●
Handi Sri Lanka 1,800 ☀
Hannali Sri Lanka 343,000 ●
Hanomoreyo Sri Lanka 5,500 ☀
Heeri Sri Lanka 17,000 ●
Henawalayo Sri Lanka 20,000 ●
Hinna Sri Lanka 249,000 ●
Hunna Sri Lanka 93,000 ●
Karava Sri Lanka 1,105,000 ●
Kiddea Sri Lanka 16,000 ●
Kinnara Sri Lanka 29,000 ●
Konta Durayi Sri Lanka 2,000 ☀
Kustarogiyo Sri Lanka 15,000 ●
Navandanna Sri Lanka 1,190,000 ●
Oli Sri Lanka 31,000 ●
Pamunu Sri Lanka 31,000 ●
Pannikki Sri Lanka 250,000 ●
Pidayne Danno Sri Lanka 9,100 ●
Porowakara Sri Lanka 61,000 ●
Radava Sri Lanka 374,000 ●
Radayo Sri Lanka 1,800 ☀
Rajaka Sri Lanka 154,000 ●
Rodiya Sri Lanka 18,000 ☀
Salagama Sri Lanka 320,000 ●
Sinhalese Australia 70,000 ☀
Sinhalese Brunei 1,200 ●
Sinhalese Canada 20,000 ●
Sinhalese Cyprus 7,900 ●
Sinhalese Denmark 7,100 ☀
Sinhalese China, Hong Kong 800 ●
Sinhalese India 5,200 ☀
Sinhalese Italy 59,000 ●
Sinhalese Libya 16,000 ●
Sinhalese Oman 33,000 ●
Sinhalese Maldives 2,600 ●
Sinhalese Malaysia 4,600 ●
Sinhalese New Zealand 15,000 ●
Sinhalese Qatar 52,000 ●
Sinhalese Singapore 17,000 ●
Sinhalese Thailand 74,000 ●
Sinhalese United States 11,000 ●
Sinhalese Sri Lanka 189,000 ●
South Asian, general Switzerland 76,000 ●
Tondagattan Sri Lanka 1,500 ☀
Vedda Sri Lanka 300 ●
Vellidura Sri Lanka 1,300 ☀
Wahumpura Sri Lanka 8,422,000 ●
Yamannu Sri Lanka 80,000 ●
  Totals:  64     29 ●
Secondary Language
(24 people groups)
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South Asian, general Austria 23,000 ●
South Asian, general Belgium 32,000 ●
South Asian, general Cyprus 16,000 ●
South Asian, general Denmark 64,000 ●
South Asian, general Ireland 33,000 ●
South Asian, general Finland 11,000 ●
South Asian, general France 272,000 ●
South Asian, general Gibraltar 700 ●
South Asian, general Germany 195,000 ●
South Asian, general Greece 119,000 ●
South Asian, general Iceland 600 ●
South Asian, general Italy 415,000 ●
South Asian, general Luxembourg 1,300 ●
South Asian, general Netherlands 229,000 ●
South Asian, general Norway 27,000 ●
South Asian, general Poland 3,400 ●
South Asian, general Portugal 80,000 ●
South Asian, general Romania 1,500 ●
South Asian, general Spain 128,000 ●
South Asian, general Sweden 64,000 ●
South Asian, general Russia 35,000 ●
South Asian, general United Kingdom 3,042,000 ●
South Asian, general Ukraine 8,100 ●
Sri Lankan Tamil Sri Lanka 9,600 ●
  Totals:  24     22 ●
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Item Value
Status
Living
Ethnologue Code sin
Written Yes
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Language Alternate Names
Chingalese
Cingalese
Singhala
Singhalese
Sinhalese

Dialects
Rodiya
Sabaragamu Sinhala
Sinhalese
Southern Sinhala
Up-country Sinhala
Uva Province Sinhala

Dialect Alternate Names
Sinhala: Rodiya
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