Sinhalese and Malagasy
Countries
Sri Lanka
Madagascar
National Language
Sri Lanka
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Not Available
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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
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Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Misaotra
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Alina tsara
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Maraina tsara
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
azafady
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Miala tsiny
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Azafady
Dialect 1
Vedda
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Merina
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Not Available
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Not Available
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
singhalais
malgache
German Name
Singhalesisch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Malagasy people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Austronesian
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
standard Malagasy
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sinh1246
mala1537
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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All Sinhalese and Malagasy 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 Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Malagasy Speaking population
Sinhalese and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Malagasy on Sinhalese vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Malagasy Language Codes
Sinhalese and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.