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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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