Countries
West Java
Sri Lanka
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
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)
Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Madurese and Malay Languages
Maldivian Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3354
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
518
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1636
9
60
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Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
Nuhun
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Mangga
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Hapunten
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Punten
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Western dialect
Vedda
Where They Speak
Banten
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern dialect
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Bogor
-
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Bandung
-
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0016,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
61
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
39.00 million16.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.25 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million16.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
39.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Basa Sunda
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
soundanais
singhalais
German Name
Sundanesisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Sinhalese people
Origin
5th century AD
3
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Sundanese
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
4270
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
su
si
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sun
sin
ISO 639 2/B
sun
sin
ISO 639 3
sun
sin
ISO 639 6
sun
sin
Glottocode
sund1251
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional