Sinhalese and Cebuano
Countries
Sri Lanka
Philippines
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 in
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Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Ekskyus mi
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
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Standard Cebuano
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
si
No data Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
cebu1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
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.
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.