Sinhalese and Sundanese
Countries
Sri Lanka
West Java
National Language
Sri Lanka
Indonesia
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.
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Nuhun
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Wilujeng énjing
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Mangga
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Hapunten
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Punten
Dialect 1
Vedda
Western dialect
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Banten
Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Northern dialect
Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
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Bandung
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
singhalais
soundanais
German Name
Singhalesisch
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indonesian
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Sundanese
Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sinh1246
sund1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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All Sinhalese and Sundanese 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 Sundanese dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Sundanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Sundanese Dialects are spoken in different Sundanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Sundanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Sundanese dialects include: Western dialect , Northern dialect. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Sundanese Speaking population
Sinhalese and Sundanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Sundanese languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Sundanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 %. 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 Sundanese on Sinhalese vs Sundanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Sundanese Language Codes
Sinhalese and Sundanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Sundanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.