Sinhalese and Ilocano
Countries
Sri Lanka
Philippines
National Language
Sri Lanka
Philippines
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
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)
Commission on the Filipino Language
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.
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Agyamanak
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Kumusta?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Naimbag a rabii
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Naimbag a sardam
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Naimbag a malem
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Naimbag a bigat
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Not available
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Agpakawanak
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Ayayatenka
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Maawan-dayawen
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Philippines
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Bontoc
Where They Speak
Not Available
Philippines
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Not present
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not present
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
ilokano
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Ilokano, Iloko
French Name
singhalais
ilocano
German Name
Singhalesisch
Ilokano-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Ilocano people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Modern Ilocano
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
si
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
ilok1237
Linguasphere
No data available
31-CBA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Sinhalese and Ilocano 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 Ilocano dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Ilocano language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Ilocano Dialects are spoken in different Ilocano speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Ilocano Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Ilocano dialects include: Balangao , Bontoc. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Ilocano Speaking population
Sinhalese and Ilocano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Ilocano languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Ilocano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 %. 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 Ilocano on Sinhalese vs Ilocano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Ilocano Language Codes
Sinhalese and Ilocano language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Ilocano Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.