Countries
Sri Lanka
  
Philippines
  
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 in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
73.00 million
  
24
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.