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Ilocano and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Ilocano


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Philippines  
Sri Lanka  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  

Interesting Facts
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
  • 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, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
18  
15

How Many Consonants
20  
10
36  
26

Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin  
Sinhala alphabet  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Kablaaw  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
Agyamanak  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

How Are You?
Kumusta?  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  

Good Night
Naimbag a rabii  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
Not available  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
Agpakawanak  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
Pakada  
බායි (bāyi)  

I Love You
Ayayatenka  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  

Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Balangao  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Sri Lanka  

How Many People Speak
21,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Bontoc  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
41,000.00  
39
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Not present  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Not present  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.10 million  
99+
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
9.10 million  
99+
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
2.00 million  
34

Native Name
ilokano  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
ilocano  
singhalais  

German Name
Ilokano-Sprache  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Ilocano people  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
18th 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
Modern Ilocano  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
94  
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
ilo  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
ilo  
sin  

ISO 639 3
ilo  
sin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
ilok1237  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
31-CBA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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All Ilocano 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 Ilocano and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Ilocano and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Ilocano are spoken in different Ilocano Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Ilocano vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Ilocano dialects include: Balangao, Bontoc. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Ilocano and Sinhalese Speaking population

Ilocano and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ilocano and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Ilocano and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 % 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 Ilocano and Sinhalese on Ilocano vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ilocano and Sinhalese Language Codes

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