Javanese and Sinhalese Speaking countries

Javanese and Sinhalese as Minority Language

In Javanese and Sinhalese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Javanese 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 Javanese and Sinhalese dialects, then you can go to Javanese vs Sinhalese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Javanese and Sinhalese Regulators

Javanese and Sinhalese speaking countries provide you Javanese and Sinhalese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Javanese is not regulated.Sinhalese is regulated by Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල). Also get to learn, Javanese and Sinhalese Language History.

Javanese and Sinhalese Continents

Thinking about Javanese and Sinhalese continents in which Javanese and Sinhalese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Javanese and Sinhalese. Most of the Javanese 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 Javanese and Sinhalese languages:

Javanese Interesting Facts:

• The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
• The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.

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 Javanese language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages whereas Javanese language is similar to Maldivian Language and derived from Sanskrit Language.