Shona and Sinhalese
Countries
Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa
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
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
- 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
Kalanga and Nambya 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
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Waita zvako
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Manheru
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Karanga
Not Available
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Not Available
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Not Available
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
shona
singhalais
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Not Available
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Not Available
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
core1255
sinh1246
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
All Shona 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 Shona and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Shona and Sinhalese Speaking population
Shona and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % 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 Shona and Sinhalese on Shona vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Sinhalese Language Codes
Shona and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.