Kirundi and Sinhalese
Countries
Burma
Sri Lanka
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
- 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
Kinyarwanda Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Urakoze
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Ndagusavye
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Ndasubiza
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
N’agasaga
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Vedda
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Ha
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Tanzania
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Dialect 3
Shubi
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Tanzania
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Native Name
íkiRǔndi
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
rundi
singhalais
German Name
Kirundi
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Signed Sinhalese
Glottocode
rund1242
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
All Kirundi 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 Kirundi and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Kirundi and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kirundi are spoken in different Kirundi Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kirundi vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi, Ha. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kirundi and Sinhalese Speaking population
Kirundi and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % 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 Kirundi and Sinhalese on Kirundi vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kirundi and Sinhalese Language Codes
Kirundi and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kirundi and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.