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Sinhalese and Malagasy


Malagasy and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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  
Not Available  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54  
33
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18  
15
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
20  
10

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)  
Salama!  

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  

Bye
බායි (bāyi)  
Veloma!  

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  
Tiako ianao.  

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  
Azafady  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka  
Merina  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
5,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Not Available  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,200,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Not Available  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
Not Available  

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.28 %  
40

Native Speakers
16.00 million  
39
18.00 million  
38

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
34
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  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people  
Malagasy people  

History

Origin
3  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Austronesian  

Branch
Indic  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
70  
99+
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
si  
mg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin  
mlg  

ISO 639 2/B
sin  
mlg  

ISO 639 3
sin  
mlg  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sinh1246  
mala1537  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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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.

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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.

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