Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Sri Lanka
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 in
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bawean
Not Available
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Not Available
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
Not Available
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Madurese
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
si
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
madu1247
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 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.
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.
