How many people speak Chewa and Sinhalese?

Chewa vs Sinhalese Speaking Population

Under how many people speak Chewa and Sinhalese, you will get to compare Chewa vs Sinhalese speaking population. How many people speak Chewa and Sinhalese gives you the number of people speaking Chewa and Sinhalese in terms of percentage and millions. Worldwide, the number of people speaking Chewa language is 12.00 million and number of people speaking Sinhalese language is 16.00 million. Find the list of widely spoken languages on Most Spoken Languages. Percentage wise, speaking population of Chewa is 0.17 % and speaking population of Sinhalese is 0.25 %. For more detailed difference check out Chewa vs Sinhalese.

Chewa native speakers vs Sinhalese native speakers

How many people speak Chewa and Sinhalese languages tells about Chewa native speakers vs Sinhalese native speakers. The native language is also known as first language. Total 12.00 million people speak Chewa as native language while 16.00 million people speak Sinhalese as native language. You can also go to Chewa vs Sinhalese Dialects and find the total number of dialects in Chewa and Sinhalese language. In some regions, Chewa and Sinhalese languages are used as second language. There are 1.50 million speakers who use Chewa as second language and 2.00 million speakers who use Sinhalese as second language.

Native Names of Chewa and Sinhalese

Native names are used in the Chewa and Sinhalese Speaking Countries. Both Chewa and Sinhalese languages have their own native names.Under how many people speak Chewa and Sinhalese you will get to know the native names of Chewa and Sinhalese languages. The native name of Chewa is Nyanja and native name of Sinhalese is සිංහල (sĩhala). The alternative names of Chewa and Sinhalese languages are as follows:

• Chewa alternative names are: Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
• Sinhalese alternative names are: Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala

The French name of Chewa is chichewa; chewa; nyanja whereas German name of Chewa is Nyanja-Sprache. The German name of Sinhalese is Singhalesisch whereas French name of Sinhalese is chichewa; chewa; nyanja.