Countries
Sri Lanka
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Sri Lanka
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Sri Lanka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language 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.
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
Maldivian Language
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
  
sorry
  
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Vedda
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Dialect 2
Not Available
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
16.00 million
  
39
8.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
Not Available
  
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
singhalais
  
somali
  
German Name
Singhalesisch
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
  
Somalis
  
Origin
3
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
  
Somali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
si
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sin
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
sin
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
sin
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sinh1246
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Sinhalese and Somali 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 Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sinhalese and Somali language. Sinhalese word for "Hello" is හලෝ (halō) or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Sinhalese Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sinhalese vs Somali Difficulty
The Sinhalese vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese Alphabets and Somali 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 Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.