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Sinhalese and Ilocano


Ilocano and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Sri Lanka  
Philippines  

Second Language
Sri Lanka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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)  
Commission on the Filipino Language  

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.
  
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54  
33
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18  
15
6  
3

How Many Consonants
36  
26
20  
10

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet  
Ilokano Braille, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)  
Kablaaw  

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  
Agyamanak  

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

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  
Naimbag a rabii  

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  
Naimbag a sardam  

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  
Naimbag a malem  

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  
Naimbag a bigat  

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  
Not available  

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  
Agpakawanak  

Bye
බායි (bāyi)  
Pakada  

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  
Ayayatenka  

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  
Maawan-dayawen  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda  
Balangao  

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
21,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not Available  
Bontoc  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
41,000.00  
39

Dialect 3
Not Available  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Not present  

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
16.00 million  
39
9.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
34
Not Available  

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)  
ilokano  

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  
Ilokano, Iloko  

French Name
singhalais  
ilocano  

German Name
Singhalesisch  
Ilokano-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people  
Ilocano people  

History

Origin
3  
18th 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  
Modern Ilocano  

Language Position
70  
99+
94  
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  
ilo  

ISO 639 2/B
sin  
ilo  

ISO 639 3
sin  
ilo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sinh1246  
ilok1237  

Linguasphere
No data available  
31-CBA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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

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Sinhalese and Ilocano Speaking population

Sinhalese and Ilocano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Ilocano languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Ilocano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 %. 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 Ilocano on Sinhalese vs Ilocano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Ilocano Language Codes

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

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