Sinhalese and Igbo
Countries
Sri Lanka
Nigeria
National Language
Sri Lanka
Nigeria
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Interesting Facts
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Not Available
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
dalụ
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
ka chi fo
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
ụtụtụ ọma
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Biko
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Ndo
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Not Available
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
ngọpụ
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Nigeria
Dialect 2
Not Available
Ngwa
Where They Speak
Not Available
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Not present
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
igbo
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Ibo
French Name
singhalais
igbo
German Name
Singhalesisch
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Igbo people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Kwa
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Standard Igbo
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
nucl1417
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative
All Sinhalese and Igbo 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 Sinhalese and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Igbo Speaking population
Sinhalese and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available. 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 Sinhalese and Igbo on Sinhalese vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Igbo Language Codes
Sinhalese and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.