Veddah language
Veddah (ISO 639-3 code ved) is a language of the Indo-European family spoken in Sri Lanka. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as dormant.
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | ved |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | vedd1240 |
| Family | Indo-European |
| Area | Eurasia |
| Countries | Sri Lanka |
| Endangerment | Dormant () |
Related languages
Other Indo-European languages, nearest first.
- Sinhala17,000,000 speakers
- English1,500,000,000 speakers
- Hindi610,000,000 speakers
- Spanish560,000,000 speakers
- French310,000,000 speakers
- Bengali273,000,000 speakers
- Portuguese264,000,000 speakers
- Russian255,000,000 speakers
- Urdu232,000,000 speakers
- German135,000,000 speakers
- Punjabi130,000,000 speakers
- Marathi95,000,000 speakers
More about Veddah
- Glottolog: classification and references
- Endangered Languages Project: vitality and resources
- Wikipedia article
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.