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Sundanese and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Sundanese


Countries

Countries
West Java   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Indonesia   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

Interesting Facts
  • The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  

Similar To
Madurese and Malay Languages   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
18   
15

How Many Consonants
16   
6
36   
26

Scripts
Latin, Sundanese   
Sinhala alphabet   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
Nuhun   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

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

Good Night
Wilujeng kulem   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
Mangga   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
Hapunten   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
Wilujeng angkat   
බායි (bāyi)   

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

Excuse Me
Punten   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western dialect   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Banten   
Sri Lanka   

Dialect 2
Northern dialect   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Bogor   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Priangan dialect   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Bandung   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
Not Available   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

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

French Name
soundanais   
singhalais   

German Name
Sundanesisch   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
5th century AD   
3   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Sundanese   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
Not Available   
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
su   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sun   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
sun   
sin   

ISO 639 3
sun   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sund1251   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Sundanese and Sinhalese Speaking population

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

Sundanese and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

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