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Sinhalese and Indonesian


Indonesian and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Sri Lanka   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Sri Lanka   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language   
Malay language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54   
33
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
6   
3

How Many Consonants
36   
26
19   
9

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
Halo   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
maaf   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
singhalais   
indonésien   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
3   
7th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indonesian   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Indonesian   

Language Position
70   
99+
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
ind   

ISO 639 3
sin   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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

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Sinhalese and Indonesian Speaking population

Sinhalese and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Sinhalese vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Indonesian Language Codes

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

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