Sinhalese and Afrikaans
Countries
Sri Lanka
South Africa
National Language
Sri Lanka
South Africa
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Dankie
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
goeie nag
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
goeie more
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
asseblief
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
jammer
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Not Available
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Vedda
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Not Available
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Cape Dutch
French Name
singhalais
afrikaans
German Name
Singhalesisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Afrikaners
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
sinh1246
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic
All Sinhalese and Afrikaans 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 Sinhalese and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Afrikaans Speaking population
Sinhalese and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Sinhalese and Afrikaans on Sinhalese vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Afrikaans Language Codes
Sinhalese and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.