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Sinhalese and Cebuano


Cebuano and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Sri Lanka   
Philippines   

Second Language
Sri Lanka   
Philippines   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters   

Interesting Facts
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language   
Hiligaynon Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Island of Cebu   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54   
33
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
16   
6

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
3 weeks   
1

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
Hoy   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
Salamat   

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

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
Maayong Gabii   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
Maayong Gabii   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
Maayong Hapon   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
Maayong Buntag   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
Palihug   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
Ikasubo ko   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
Babay   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
Gihigugma ko ikaw   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
Ekskyus mi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Boholano   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
Bohol   

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Southern Kana   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
southern Leyte   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
North Kana   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
northern part of Leyte   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
Not Available   

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
14.50 million   
19

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
Visayan   

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan   

French Name
singhalais   
cebuano   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Cebuano   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Cebuano people   

History

Origin
3   
16th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Standard Cebuano   

Language Position
70   
99+
62   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
ceb   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
ceb   

ISO 639 3
sin   
ceb   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
cebu1242   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Verb-Subject-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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

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Sinhalese and Cebuano Speaking population

Sinhalese and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 %. 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 Sinhalese and Cebuano on Sinhalese vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Cebuano Language Codes

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

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