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Madurese and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Madurese


Countries

Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura   
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
Not Available   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

Interesting Facts
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
  • 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
Malay and Javanese Languages   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
18   
15

How Many Consonants
21   
11
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Sinhala alphabet   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
matur nuwun   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
piye kabare?   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
wengi sing apik   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
Not Available   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
Not Available   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kangean   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Sri Lanka   

How Many People Speak
110,000.00   
40
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Bawean   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Bangkalan   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.23 %   
99+
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
Madurese   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
madourais   
singhalais   

German Name
Maduresisch   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Madurese   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
Not Available   
3   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Madurese   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
69   
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
mad   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
mad   
sin   

ISO 639 3
mad   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
madu1247   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
No data available   
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 Madurese 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 Madurese and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Madurese and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Madurese are spoken in different Madurese Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Madurese vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Madurese dialects include: Kangean, Bawean. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Madurese and Sinhalese Speaking population

Madurese and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Madurese and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Madurese and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 % 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 Madurese and Sinhalese on Madurese vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Madurese and Sinhalese Language Codes

Madurese and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Madurese and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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