Afrikaans and Sinhalese
Countries
South Africa
Sri Lanka
National Language
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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
Dutch Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Dankie
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
goeie nag
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
goeie more
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
asseblief
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
jammer
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Vedda
Where They Speak
-
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Namibia
-
Native Name
Afrikaans
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
afrikaans
singhalais
German Name
Afrikaans
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
sinh1246
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional
All Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Sinhalese Speaking population
Afrikaans and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % 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 Afrikaans and Sinhalese on Afrikaans vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Sinhalese Language Codes
Afrikaans and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.