Sinhalese and Oromo
Countries
Sri Lanka
Ethiopia, Kenya
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
Somalia
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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Somali Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Galatoomi
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Attam bulte/bultan
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Maaloo
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
naa dhiisi
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Nagayattii!
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Maaloo na dabarsi
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Ethiopia, Kenya
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Orma
Where They Speak
Not Available
Kenya
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Wata
Where They Speak
Not Available
Kenya
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
singhalais
galla
German Name
Singhalesisch
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Oromos
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Cushitic
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Afaan Oromo
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
nucl1736
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Sinhalese and Oromo 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 Oromo dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Oromo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Oromo Dialects are spoken in different Oromo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Oromo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Oromo dialects include: Borana , Orma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Oromo Speaking population
Sinhalese and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 %. 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 Oromo on Sinhalese vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Oromo Language Codes
Sinhalese and Oromo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Oromo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.