Yoruba and Sinhalese
Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Sri Lanka
National Language
Nigeria
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
e dupe
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
ka a ale
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
e kaaro
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Jowo
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
binu
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Ede
Not Available
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Not Available
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Yorùbá
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
yoruba
singhalais
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
yoru1245
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional
All Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Yoruba and Sinhalese Speaking population
Yoruba and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % 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 Yoruba and Sinhalese on Yoruba vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Yoruba and Sinhalese Language Codes
Yoruba and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.