Indonesian and Sinhalese
Countries
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
National Language
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
- 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
Malay language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Terima kasih
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
mohon Untuk
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
maaf
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Permisi
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Vedda
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Balinese
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
-
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
-
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
indonésien
singhalais
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Malay
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
indo1316
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional
All Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Indonesian and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Indonesian are spoken in different Indonesian Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Indonesian vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese, Balinese. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Indonesian and Sinhalese Speaking population
Indonesian and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % 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 Indonesian and Sinhalese on Indonesian vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Indonesian and Sinhalese Language Codes
Indonesian and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Indonesian and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.