Sinhalese and Indonesian
Countries
Sri Lanka
Indonesia
National Language
Sri Lanka
Indonesia
Second Language
Sri Lanka
East Timor, Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Malay language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Malay and Dutch Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Terima kasih
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Apa kabar?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Malam yang baik
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Selamat Sore
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Selamat Pagi
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
mohon Untuk
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
maaf
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Aku cinta kamu
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Permisi
Dialect 1
Vedda
Sundanese
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Indonesia
Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Balinese
Where They Speak
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Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Minangkabau
Where They Speak
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Indonesia, Malaysia
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Bahasa Melayu
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Bahasa Indonesia
French Name
singhalais
indonésien
German Name
Singhalesisch
Bahasa Indonesia
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Indonesians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indonesian
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Old Malay
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Indonesian
Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sinh1246
indo1316
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative
All Sinhalese and Indonesian 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 Indonesian dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Indonesian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Indonesian Dialects are spoken in different Indonesian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Indonesian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese , Balinese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Indonesian Speaking population
Sinhalese and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Sinhalese vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Indonesian Language Codes
Sinhalese and Indonesian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Indonesian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.