Countries
Philippines
Sri Lanka
National Language
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Filipinos
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
- 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
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Maldivian Language
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Baybayin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Salamat po
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Magandang gabi
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
pakiusap
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
Iniibig kita
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Vedda
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Bisalog
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Philippines
-
Dialect 3
Filipino
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Philippines
-
Native Name
Tagalog
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
tagalog
singhalais
German Name
Tagalog
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Filipino
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
taga1269
sinh1246
Linguasphere
31-CKA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional
All Tagalog 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 Tagalog and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Tagalog and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Tagalog are spoken in different Tagalog Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Tagalog vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Tagalog dialects include: Batangas Tagalog, Bisalog. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Tagalog and Sinhalese Speaking population
Tagalog and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tagalog and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Tagalog and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 % 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 Tagalog and Sinhalese on Tagalog vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Tagalog and Sinhalese Language Codes
Tagalog and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Tagalog and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.