Hausa and Sinhalese
Countries
Nigeria
Sri Lanka
National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Nigeria
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
- 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
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
gode ku
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
yaya dai
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
mai kyau dare
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
barka da yamma
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Don Allah
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
yi hakuri
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
sai anjima
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
Ina son ku
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
gafara dai
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Ghana
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Not Available
Where They Speak
Niger
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daragaram
Not Available
Where They Speak
Niger
Not Available
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
haoussa
singhalais
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Chadic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Hausa
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
haus1257
sinh1246
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional
All Hausa 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 Hausa and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Hausa and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hausa are spoken in different Hausa Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hausa vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hausa dialects include: Gaananci, Kurhwayanci. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Hausa and Sinhalese Speaking population
Hausa and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % 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 Hausa and Sinhalese on Hausa vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Hausa and Sinhalese Language Codes
Hausa and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hausa and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.