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Tagalog and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Philippines   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Filipinos   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia   
Asia   

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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".
  
  • 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
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25   
7
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
18   
15

How Many Consonants
18   
8
36   
26

Scripts
Baybayin   
Sinhala alphabet   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
Salamat po   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

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

Good Night
Magandang gabi   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
pakiusap   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
pinagsisisihan   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
Paálam   
බායි (bāyi)   

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

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon   
Sri Lanka   

Dialect 2
Bisalog   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Filipino   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million   
13
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
Tagalog   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

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

French Name
tagalog   
singhalais   

German Name
Tagalog   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Tagalog people   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
1593   
3   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Filipino   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
58   
99+
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
t1   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
tgl   
sin   

ISO 639 3
tg1   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
taga1269   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
31-CKA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Tagalog and Sinhalese Speaking population

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

Tagalog and Sinhalese Language Codes

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