Mossi and Sinhalese
Countries
Burkina Faso
Sri Lanka
National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
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
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- 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
Dagbani 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
Thank You
Laafi bala
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Ne y yungo
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
ne y zabre
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
gafare
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
gafare
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Y gafare
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Vedda
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Saremde
Not Available
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Not Available
Dialect 3
Taolende
Not Available
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Mosse
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
moré
singhalais
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Mossi
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Mossi
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
si
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
moss1236
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
All Mossi 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 Mossi and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Mossi and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Mossi are spoken in different Mossi Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Mossi vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Mossi dialects include: Ouapadoupou, Saremde. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Mossi and Sinhalese Speaking population
Mossi and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mossi and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Mossi and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mossi language is 0.11 % 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 Mossi and Sinhalese on Mossi vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Mossi and Sinhalese Language Codes
Mossi and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Mossi and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.