Sinhalese and Malaysian
Countries
Sri Lanka
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
National Language
Sri Lanka
Malaysia
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Thailand
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Indonesian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
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Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
terima kasih
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Apa khabar?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Selamat pagi
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
sila
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
maaf
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Maafkan saya
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Pekal
Where They Speak
Not Available
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Musi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Not Available
French Name
singhalais
malais
German Name
Singhalesisch
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Signed Forms
Not Available
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
stan1306
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative
All Sinhalese and Malaysian 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 Malaysian dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Malaysian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Malaysian Dialects are spoken in different Malaysian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Malaysian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu , Pekal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Malaysian Speaking population
Sinhalese and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian 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 Malaysian on Sinhalese vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Malaysian Language Codes
Sinhalese and Malaysian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Malaysian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.