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Filipino and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Filipino


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Philippines  
Sri Lanka  

Second Language
Philippines  
Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  

Interesting Facts
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
  • 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
Tagalog Language  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
Spanish Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
18  
15

How Many Consonants
23  
13
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Sinhala alphabet  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kumusta  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
Salamat  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

How Are You?
Kumusta  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  

Good Night
magandang gabi  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
Mangyaring  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
Paalam  
බායි (bāyi)  

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

Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bikol  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Sri Lanka  

How Many People Speak
100,000,000.00  
7
19,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Hiligaynon  
Sri Lankan Sinhala  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
-  

How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00  
39
19,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Waray  
Up-Country Sinhalese  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
-  

How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
90.00 million  
17
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.74 %  
11
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
45.00 million  
23
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
filipino  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
Pilipino  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
filipino; pilipino  
singhalais  

German Name
Pilipino  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]  
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  

Ethnicity
Filipino people  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
16th Century  
3  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
34  
32
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Filipino Sign Language  
Signed Sinhalese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No Data Available  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fil  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
fil  
sin  

ISO 639 3
fil  
sin  

ISO 639 6
fil  
sin  

Glottocode
fili1244  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
No Data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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All Filipino 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 Filipino and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Filipino and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Filipino are spoken in different Filipino Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Filipino vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Filipino dialects include: Bikol, Hiligaynon. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Filipino and Sinhalese Speaking population

Filipino and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Filipino and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Filipino and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Filipino language is 1.74 % 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 Filipino and Sinhalese on Filipino vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Filipino and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

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