Countries
Sri Lanka
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Sri Lanka
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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)
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Asante
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Habari gani?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
tafadhali
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
pole
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Samahani
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Not Available
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Not Available
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Not Available
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Not Available
Kilwa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Not Available
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
singhalais
swahili
German Name
Singhalesisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Swahili people or Waswahili
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Swahili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Sinhalese and Swahili 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 Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Swahili Speaking population
Sinhalese and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available. 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 Swahili on Sinhalese vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Swahili Language Codes
Sinhalese and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.