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
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
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
Tagalog and Sinhalese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Tagalog and Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Sinhalese language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Sinhalese Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Sinhalese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Tagalog and Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.