Sinhalese and Chewa
Countries
Sri Lanka
Malawi, Zimbabwe
National Language
Sri Lanka
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Zambia
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Zulu language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Zikomo
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Masana abwino
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Chonde
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
pepani
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
anatsanzikana
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Pepani
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 2
Not Available
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Not Available
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 3
Not Available
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Malawi, Zambia
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
singhalais
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Singhalesisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Chewa people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Chewa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Sinhalese and Chewa 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 Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Chewa Speaking population
Sinhalese and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 %. 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 Chewa on Sinhalese vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Chewa Language Codes
Sinhalese and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.