Sinhalese and Xhosa
Countries
Sri Lanka
South Africa
National Language
Sri Lanka
South Africa
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Unjani
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Molo
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Ndicela
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Uxolo
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
South Africa
Dialect 2
Not Available
Thembu
Where They Speak
Not Available
South Africa
Dialect 3
Not Available
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Not Available
South Africa
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
singhalais
xhosa
German Name
Singhalesisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
isiXhosa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
xhos1239
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Sinhalese and Xhosa 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 Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Xhosa Speaking population
Sinhalese and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Sinhalese vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Xhosa Language Codes
Sinhalese and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.