Cebuano and Sinhalese
Countries
Philippines
Sri Lanka
National Language
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
- 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
Hiligaynon Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Island of Cebu
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Salamat
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Palihug
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Bohol
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Not Available
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Not Available
Dialect 3
North Kana
Not Available
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Not Available
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Native Name
Visayan
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
cebuano
singhalais
German Name
Cebuano
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
si
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
cebu1242
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
All Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Cebuano and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cebuano are spoken in different Cebuano Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cebuano vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cebuano dialects include: Boholano, Southern Kana. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cebuano and Sinhalese Speaking population
Cebuano and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cebuano and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Cebuano and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 % 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 Cebuano and Sinhalese on Cebuano vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cebuano and Sinhalese Language Codes
Cebuano and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cebuano and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
