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
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Sinhala alphabet
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Cebuano and Sinhalese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Cebuano and Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Sinhalese language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Sinhalese Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano Alphabets and Sinhalese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Cebuano and Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.