Malaysian and Sinhalese
Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Sri Lanka
National Language
Malaysia
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
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 khabar?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
sila
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
maaf
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Pekal
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Indonesia
-
Dialect 3
Musi
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Indonesia
-
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
malais
singhalais
German Name
Malaiisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
stan1306
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional
All Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malaysian and Sinhalese Speaking population
Malaysian and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Sinhalese on Malaysian vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malaysian and Sinhalese Language Codes
Malaysian and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.