Sinhalese and Hausa
Countries
Sri Lanka
Nigeria
National Language
Sri Lanka
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
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Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
gode ku
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
yaya dai
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
barka da rana
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
mai kyau safe
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Don Allah
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
yi hakuri
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
sai anjima
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
gafara dai
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Ghana
Dialect 2
Not Available
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Not Available
Niger
Dialect 3
Not Available
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Not Available
Niger
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
singhalais
haoussa
German Name
Singhalesisch
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Hausa–Fulani people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Chadic
Branch
Indic
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Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Hausa
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
sinh1246
haus1257
Linguasphere
No data available
19-HAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional
All Sinhalese and Hausa 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 Hausa dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Hausa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Hausa Dialects are spoken in different Hausa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Hausa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Hausa dialects include: Gaananci , Kurhwayanci. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Hausa Speaking population
Sinhalese and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 %. 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 Hausa on Sinhalese vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Hausa Language Codes
Sinhalese and Hausa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Hausa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
