Sinhalese and Shona
Countries
Sri Lanka
Zimbabwe
National Language
Sri Lanka
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Masikati
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Mangwanani
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Ndineurombo
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Pamusoro
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Karanga
Where They Speak
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southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Zezuru
Where They Speak
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central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
chiShona
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
singhalais
shona
German Name
Singhalesisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Shona people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sinh1246
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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All Sinhalese and Shona 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 Shona dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Shona Speaking population
Sinhalese and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona 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 Shona on Sinhalese vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Shona Language Codes
Sinhalese and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.