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
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
Sinhalese and Malagasy Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Sinhalese and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sinhalese and Malagasy language. Sinhalese word for "Hello" is හලෝ (halō) or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Sinhalese Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sinhalese vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Sinhalese vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese Alphabets and Malagasy Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Sinhalese and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.