Igbo and Sinhalese
Countries
Nigeria
Sri Lanka
National Language
Nigeria
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
- 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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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
dalụ
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
ka chi fo
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Biko
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Ndo
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
Not Available
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Ngwa
Not Available
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Not Available
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
igbo
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Ibo
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
igbo
singhalais
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Igbo people
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Kwa
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1417
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional
All Igbo 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 Igbo and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Igbo and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Igbo are spoken in different Igbo Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Igbo vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Igbo dialects include: Enuani, Ngwa. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Igbo and Sinhalese Speaking population
Igbo and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available 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 Igbo and Sinhalese on Igbo vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Igbo and Sinhalese Language Codes
Igbo and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Igbo and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.