Oromo and Sinhalese
Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
Sri Lanka
National Language
Ethiopia
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- 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
Somali Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Galatoomi
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Maaloo
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
naa dhiisi
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
Nagayattii!
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Orma
Not Available
Where They Speak
Kenya
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Wata
Not Available
Where They Speak
Kenya
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
galla
singhalais
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Oromos
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1736
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 Oromo 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 Oromo and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Oromo and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Oromo are spoken in different Oromo Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Oromo vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Oromo dialects include: Borana, Orma. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Oromo and Sinhalese Speaking population
Oromo and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % 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 Oromo and Sinhalese on Oromo vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Oromo and Sinhalese Language Codes
Oromo and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Oromo and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.