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Sinhalese and Sundanese


Sundanese and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
West Java   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Sri Lanka   
Indonesia   

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)   
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.
  
  • The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language   
Madurese and Malay Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54   
33
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
16   
6

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Latin, Sundanese   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
Halo   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
Nuhun   

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   
Kumaha kabarna?   

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
Wilujeng kulem   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
Wilujeng wengi   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
Wilujeng siang   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
Wilujeng énjing   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
Mangga   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
Hapunten   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
Wilujeng angkat   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
Punten   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Western dialect   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
Banten   

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Northern dialect   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bogor   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Priangan dialect   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bandung   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
38.00 million   
26

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
Not Available   

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   
Priangan, Sunda   

French Name
singhalais   
soundanais   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Sundanesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui   

History

Origin
3   
5th century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indonesian   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Sundanese   

Language Position
70   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
su   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
sun   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
sun   

ISO 639 3
sin   
sun   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
sund1251   

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   
Not Available   

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

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Sinhalese and Sundanese Speaking population

Sinhalese and Sundanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Sundanese languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Sundanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 %. 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 Sundanese on Sinhalese vs Sundanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Sundanese Language Codes

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

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