Countries
Sri Lanka
  
Burma
  
National Language
Sri Lanka
  
Burundi, Gambia
  
Second Language
Sri Lanka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
  
Similar To
Maldivian Language
  
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
  
Bwakeye
  
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
  
Urakoze
  
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
  
Urakomeye?
  
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
  
Ijoro ryiza
  
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
  
Mwaramutse
  
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
  
Ndagusavye
  
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
  
Not available
  
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
  
N’agasaga
  
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Vedda
  
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Not Available
  
Ha
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Shubi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
8.80 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
16.00 million
  
39
8.80 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
Not Available
  
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
  
íkiRǔndi
  
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
  
Not Available
  
French Name
singhalais
  
rundi
  
German Name
Singhalesisch
  
Kirundi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Origin
3
  
1500
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
  
Kirundi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
si
  
rn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sin
  
run
  
ISO 639 2/B
sin
  
run
  
ISO 639 3
sin
  
run
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sinh1246
  
rund1242
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Sinhalese and Kirundi Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Sinhalese and Kirundi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sinhalese and Kirundi language. Sinhalese word for "Hello" is හලෝ (halō) or Kirundi word for "Thank You" is Urakoze. Find more of such common Sinhalese Greetings and Kirundi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sinhalese vs Kirundi Difficulty
The Sinhalese vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese Alphabets and Kirundi Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Sinhalese and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.