Sundanese and Sinhalese
Countries
West Java
Sri Lanka
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 in
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
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)
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
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Sundanese
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sund1251
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
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.
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.
