Chewa and Sinhalese
Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- 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
Zulu language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Zikomo
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Chonde
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
pepani
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
anatsanzikana
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Pepani
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Not Available
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Not Available
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Nyanja
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
singhalais
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Chewa
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nyan1308
sinh1246
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
All Chewa 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 Chewa and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Chewa and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chewa are spoken in different Chewa Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chewa vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chewa dialects include: Kasungu, Kikamtunda. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chewa and Sinhalese Speaking population
Chewa and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % 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 Chewa and Sinhalese on Chewa vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chewa and Sinhalese Language Codes
Chewa and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.