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Cebuano and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Cebuano


Countries

Countries
Philippines   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
21   
3
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
18   
15

How Many Consonants
16   
6
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Sinhala alphabet   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks   
1
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hoy   
හලෝ (halō)   

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)   

Bye
Babay   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Boholano   
Vedda   

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available   
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
14.50 million   
19
2.00 million   
34

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   

History

Origin
16th century   
3   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
62   
99+
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ceb   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
ceb   
sin   

ISO 639 3
ceb   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cebu1242   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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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.

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Cebuano and Sinhalese Speaking population

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Cebuano and Sinhalese Language Codes

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