Countries
Sri Lanka
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
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)
Not Available
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
Not Available
Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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)
Not Available
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Not Available
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Nuwun séwu
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Bawean
Where They Speak
Not Available
Indonesia
Dialect 3
Not Available
Bangkalan
Where They Speak
Not Available
Indonesia
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Madurese
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
French Name
singhalais
madourais
German Name
Singhalesisch
Maduresisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Madurese
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indonesian
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Madurese
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
madu1247
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Sinhalese and Madurese 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 Madurese dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Madurese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Madurese Dialects are spoken in different Madurese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Madurese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Madurese dialects include: Kangean , Bawean. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Madurese Speaking population
Sinhalese and Madurese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Madurese languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Madurese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 %. 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 Madurese on Sinhalese vs Madurese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Madurese Language Codes
Sinhalese and Madurese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Madurese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.