Sinhalese and Kirundi
Countries
Sri Lanka
Burma
National Language
Sri Lanka
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Not Available
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.
- 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.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Urakoze
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Urakomeye?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Mwaramutse
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Ndagusavye
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Not available
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
N’agasaga
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Not available
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Not available
Dialect 1
Vedda
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Ha
Where They Speak
Not Available
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Shubi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Not Available
French Name
singhalais
rundi
German Name
Singhalesisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
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Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Kirundi
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
sinh1246
rund1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Sinhalese and Kirundi 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 Kirundi dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Kirundi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Kirundi Dialects are spoken in different Kirundi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Kirundi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi , Ha. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Kirundi Speaking population
Sinhalese and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 %. 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 Kirundi on Sinhalese vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Kirundi Language Codes
Sinhalese and Kirundi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Kirundi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.