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Hausa and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria  
Sri Lanka  

Second Language
Nigeria  
Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  

Interesting Facts
  • Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
  • There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
  • 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
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
18  
15

How Many Consonants
32  
22
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Sinhala alphabet  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
gode ku  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
Don Allah  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
sai anjima  
බායි (bāyi)  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Sri Lanka  

How Many People Speak
50,000,000.00  
14
19,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Sri Lankan Sinhala  

Where They Speak
Niger  
-  

How Many People Speak
150,000,000.00  
3
19,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Up-Country Sinhalese  

Where They Speak
Niger  
-  

How Many People Speak
50.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
30
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
haoussa  
singhalais  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]  
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
14  
3  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
34  
32
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Hausa  
Signed Sinhalese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
sin  

ISO 639 3
hau  
sin  

ISO 639 6
hau  
sin  

Glottocode
haus1257  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional  

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All Hausa 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 Hausa and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Hausa and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hausa are spoken in different Hausa Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hausa vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hausa dialects include: Gaananci, Kurhwayanci. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Hausa and Sinhalese Speaking population

Hausa and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % 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 Hausa and Sinhalese on Hausa vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hausa and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

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