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Sinhalese and Hausa


Hausa and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
54   
33
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
12   
9

How Many Consonants
36   
26
32   
22

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
sannu   

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Gaananci   

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
50.00 million   
28

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.52 %   
28

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
35.00 million   
27

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
15.00 million   
18

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   

History

Origin
3   
14   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Chadic   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Hausa   

Language Position
70   
99+
34   
27

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
ha   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
hau   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
hau   

ISO 639 3
sin   
hau   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
haus1257   

Linguasphere
No data available   
19-HAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional   

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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.

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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.

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