Countries
Sri Lanka
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Sri Lanka
Indonesia, Island of Madura
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)
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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.
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Malay and Javanese Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5427
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
186
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3621
9
60
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
24
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Halo
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
matur nuwun
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
piye kabare?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Sugeng énjing
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
tolong
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Pamit
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Vedda
Kangean
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00110,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Bawean
Where They Speak
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Indonesia
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.008,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Bangkalan
Where They Speak
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Indonesia
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
16
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
16.00 million15.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.25 %0.23 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
16.00 million15.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million14.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Madurese
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
French Name
singhalais
madourais
German Name
Singhalesisch
Maduresisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[madura]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Madurese
Origin
3
8th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indonesian
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Madurese
Language Position
7069
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Madurese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
si
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sin
mad
ISO 639 2/B
sin
mad
ISO 639 3
sin
mad
ISO 639 6
sin
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Glottocode
sinh1246
madu1247
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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