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Sinhalese and Filipino


Filipino and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Sri Lanka  
Philippines  

Second Language
Sri Lanka  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  

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.
  
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language  
Tagalog Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Spanish Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
54  
33
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18  
15
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
23  
13

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)  
Kumusta  

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  
Salamat  

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  
Kumusta  

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  
magandang gabi  

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  
Magandang gabi  

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  
Magandang hapon  

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  
Magandang umaga  

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  
Mangyaring  

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
බායි (bāyi)  
Paalam  

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  
Mahal kita  

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  
patawarin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda  
Bikol  

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
30
100,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala  
Hiligaynon  

Where They Speak
-  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
8,200,000.00  
39

Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese  
Waray  

Where They Speak
-  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
2,600,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
90.00 million  
17

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
1.74 %  
11

Native Speakers
16.00 million  
39
45.00 million  
23

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
45.00 million  
19

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)  
filipino  

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  
Pilipino  

French Name
singhalais  
filipino; pilipino  

German Name
Singhalesisch  
Pilipino  

Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]  

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people  
Filipino people  

History

Origin
3  
16th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese  
Filipino  

Language Position
70  
99+
34  
32

Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese  
Filipino Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
si  
No Data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin  
fil  

ISO 639 2/B
sin  
fil  

ISO 639 3
sin  
fil  

ISO 639 6
sin  
fil  

Glottocode
sinh1246  
fili1244  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No Data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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All Sinhalese and Filipino 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 Sinhalese and Filipino dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Filipino language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Filipino Dialects are spoken in different Filipino speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Filipino Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Filipino dialects include: Bikol , Hiligaynon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sinhalese and Filipino Speaking population

Sinhalese and Filipino speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Filipino languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Filipino Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Filipino language is 1.74 %. 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 Sinhalese and Filipino on Sinhalese vs Filipino where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Filipino Language Codes

Sinhalese and Filipino language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Filipino Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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