Amharic and Sinhalese
Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Sri Lanka
National Language
Ethiopia
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
- 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
Not Available
Maldivian Language
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Dehna dur
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
i'bakwon
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
aznallehu
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
afekirishalehu
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Gondar
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Gojjami
Not Available
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Not Available
Dialect 3
Showa
Not Available
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
amharique
singhalais
German Name
Amharisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Amharas
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Amharic
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
amha1245
sinh1246
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional
All Amharic 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 Amharic and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Amharic and Sinhalese Speaking population
Amharic and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % 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 Amharic and Sinhalese on Amharic vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Amharic and Sinhalese Language Codes
Amharic and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
