Malagasy and Sinhalese
Countries
Madagascar
Sri Lanka
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
- 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
Not Available
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Misaotra
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Alina tsara
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
azafady
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Miala tsiny
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Azafady
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Vedda
Where They Speak
Merina
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Not Available
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Not Available
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
malgache
singhalais
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1537
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
All Malagasy 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 Malagasy and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Malagasy and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malagasy are spoken in different Malagasy Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malagasy vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy, Western Malagasy. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malagasy and Sinhalese Speaking population
Malagasy and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % 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 Malagasy and Sinhalese on Malagasy vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malagasy and Sinhalese Language Codes
Malagasy and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malagasy and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.