Sinhalese and Amharic
Countries
Sri Lanka
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
National Language
Sri Lanka
Ethiopia
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Not Available
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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Not Available
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Dehina newot?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Dehna dur
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
i'ndemin adäru
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
i'bakwon
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
aznallehu
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
yiqirta
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Gondar
Dialect 2
Not Available
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Not Available
Ethiopia
Dialect 3
Not Available
Showa
Where They Speak
Not Available
Ethiopia
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Not Available
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
singhalais
amharique
German Name
Singhalesisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Amharas
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Semitic
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Amharic
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
amha1245
Linguasphere
No data available
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional
All Sinhalese and Amharic 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 Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Amharic Speaking population
Sinhalese and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Sinhalese vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Amharic Language Codes
Sinhalese and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.