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Sundanese and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Sundanese


Countries

Countries
West Java  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
18  
15

How Many Consonants
16  
6
36  
26

Scripts
Latin, Sundanese  
Sinhala alphabet  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks  
15
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western dialect  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
Banten  
Sri Lanka  

How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00  
18
19,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Northern dialect  
Sri Lankan Sinhala  

Where They Speak
Bogor  
-  

How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00  
16
19,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Priangan dialect  
Up-Country Sinhalese  

Where They Speak
Bandung  
-  

How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00  
15
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million  
32
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
39.00 million  
22
2.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
42  
39
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language  
Signed Sinhalese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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
-  
Fusional  

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All Sundanese and Sinhalese 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 Sundanese and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Sundanese and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sundanese are spoken in different Sundanese Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sundanese vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sundanese dialects include: Western dialect, Northern dialect. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sundanese and Sinhalese Speaking population

Sundanese and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sundanese and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Sundanese and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. 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 Sundanese and Sinhalese on Sundanese vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sundanese and Sinhalese Language Codes

Sundanese and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sundanese and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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