Sinhalese and Yoruba
Countries
Sri Lanka
Benin, Nigeria
National Language
Sri Lanka
Nigeria
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Yoruba Academy
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.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
e dupe
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
e kaasan
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
e kaaro
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Jowo
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
binu
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
mo tọrọ gafara
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Ede
Where They Speak
Not Available
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
singhalais
yoruba
German Name
Singhalesisch
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Yoruba people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Western Sudanic
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Yorùbá
Signed Forms
Not Available
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
yoru1245
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating
All Sinhalese and Yoruba 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 Yoruba dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Yoruba language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Yoruba Dialects are spoken in different Yoruba speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Yoruba Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri , Ede. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Yoruba Speaking population
Sinhalese and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. 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 Yoruba on Sinhalese vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Yoruba Language Codes
Sinhalese and Yoruba language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Yoruba Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.