Cebuano and Sinhalese Speaking countries

Cebuano and Sinhalese as Minority Language

In Cebuano and Sinhalese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Cebuano and Sinhalese as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

If you want to compare Cebuano and Sinhalese dialects, then you can go to Cebuano vs Sinhalese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Cebuano and Sinhalese Regulators

Cebuano and Sinhalese speaking countries provide you Cebuano and Sinhalese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters regulates Cebuano language.Sinhalese is regulated by Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල). Also get to learn, Cebuano and Sinhalese Language History.

Cebuano and Sinhalese Continents

Thinking about Cebuano and Sinhalese continents in which Cebuano and Sinhalese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Cebuano and Sinhalese. Most of the Cebuano speaking countries lie in Asia. While Sinhalese speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Cebuano and Sinhalese languages:

Cebuano Interesting Facts:

• About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
• Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.

Sinhalese 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.

The Cebuano language was derived from Island of Cebu and is similar to Hiligaynon Language whereas Cebuano language is similar to Maldivian Language and derived from Sanskrit Language.