Filipino 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
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
- 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
Tagalog Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Spanish Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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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
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
magandang gabi
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Mangyaring
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
Mahal kita
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
Not Available
Where They Speak
Philippines
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Waray
Not Available
Where They Speak
Philippines
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
filipino
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Pilipino
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
filipino; pilipino
singhalais
German Name
Pilipino
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
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
Filipino
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
si
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fili1244
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No Data Available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
All Filipino 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 Filipino and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Filipino and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Filipino are spoken in different Filipino Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Filipino vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Filipino dialects include: Bikol, Hiligaynon. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Filipino and Sinhalese Speaking population
Filipino and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Filipino and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Filipino and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Filipino language is Not Available 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 Filipino and Sinhalese on Filipino vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Filipino and Sinhalese Language Codes
Filipino and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Filipino and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.