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Sinhalese and Tagalog


Tagalog and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Sri Lanka   
Philippines   

Second Language
Sri Lanka   
Filipinos   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Australia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee   

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.
  
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language   
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54   
33
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
18   
8

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Baybayin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
Kamusta   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
Salamat po   

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   
Kamusta ka na?   

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
Magandang gabi   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
Magandang gabi po   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
Magandang hapon po   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
Magandang umaga po   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
pakiusap   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
pinagsisisihan   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
Paálam   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
Iniibig kita   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Batangas Tagalog   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
Batangas, Gabon   

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Bisalog   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Philippines   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Filipino   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
73.00 million   
24

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
45.00 million   
13

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
Tagalog   

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   
Filipino, Pilipino   

French Name
singhalais   
tagalog   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Tagalog   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Tagalog people   

History

Origin
3   
1593   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indonesian   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Filipino   

Language Position
70   
99+
58   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
t1   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
tgl   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
tgl   

ISO 639 3
sin   
tg1   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
taga1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
31-CKA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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

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Sinhalese and Tagalog Speaking population

Sinhalese and Tagalog speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Tagalog languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Tagalog Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 %. 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 Tagalog on Sinhalese vs Tagalog where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Tagalog Language Codes

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

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