Ilocano and Sinhalese
Countries
Philippines
Sri Lanka
National Language
Philippines
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
Commission on the Filipino Language
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
- 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, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Agyamanak
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Kumusta?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Not available
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Agpakawanak
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
Ayayatenka
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Philippines
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bontoc
Not Available
Where They Speak
Philippines
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Not Available
Where They Speak
Not present
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ilokano
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
ilocano
singhalais
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
si
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
ilok1237
sinh1246
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
All Ilocano 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 Ilocano and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Ilocano and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Ilocano are spoken in different Ilocano Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Ilocano vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Ilocano dialects include: Balangao, Bontoc. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Ilocano and Sinhalese Speaking population
Ilocano and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ilocano and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Ilocano and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 % 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 Ilocano and Sinhalese on Ilocano vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Ilocano and Sinhalese Language Codes
Ilocano and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Ilocano and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.