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Somali and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Somalia   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Asia   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
18   
15

How Many Consonants
21   
11
36   
26

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Sinhala alphabet   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
Fadlan   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
sorry   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Sri Lanka   

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
af Soomaali   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
somali   
singhalais   

German Name
Somali   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
19th century   
3   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
83   
99+
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
sin   

ISO 639 3
som   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
sinh1246   

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
Not Available   
Fusional   

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All Somali and Sinhalese 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 Somali and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Somali and Sinhalese Speaking population

Somali and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. 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 Somali and Sinhalese on Somali vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Sinhalese Language Codes

Somali and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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