How many people speak Sinhalese and Chewa?

Sinhalese vs Chewa Speaking Population

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

Sinhalese native speakers vs Chewa native speakers

How many people speak Sinhalese and Chewa languages tells about Sinhalese native speakers vs Chewa native speakers. The native language is also known as first language. Total 16.00 million people speak Sinhalese as native language while 12.00 million people speak Chewa as native language. You can also go to Sinhalese vs Chewa Dialects and find the total number of dialects in Sinhalese and Chewa language. In some regions, Sinhalese and Chewa languages are used as second language. There are 2.00 million speakers who use Sinhalese as second language and no estimate of people speaking Chewa as second language.

Native Names of Sinhalese and Chewa

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

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

The French name of Sinhalese is singhalais whereas German name of Sinhalese is Singhalesisch. The German name of Chewa is Nyanja-Sprache whereas French name of Chewa is singhalais.