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Xhosa and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

Interesting Facts
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
  • 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
18   
15

How Many Consonants
43   
32
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Sinhala alphabet   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Molo   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
Ndiyabulela   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
Unjani   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
Molo   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
Ndicela   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Sri Lanka   

Dialect 2
Thembu   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Hlubi   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
isiXhosa   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
xhosa   
singhalais   

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
16th Century   
3   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Bantu   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
isiXhosa   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
Not Available   
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
xh   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
xho   
sin   

ISO 639 3
xho   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
xhos1239   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Xhosa and Sinhalese Speaking population

Xhosa and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % 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 Xhosa and Sinhalese on Xhosa vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Sinhalese Language Codes

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