Sinhalese and Zulu
Countries
Sri Lanka
South Africa
National Language
Sri Lanka
South Africa
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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)
Pan South African Language Board
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.
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Xhosa 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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Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Sawubona
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
unjani
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
okuhle ekuseni
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Ngiyacela
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Ngiyaxolisa
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Uxolo
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Gabon, South Africa
Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
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Georgia, South Africa
Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Ndebele
Where They Speak
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Zimbabwe
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
singhalais
zoulou
German Name
Singhalesisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Zulu people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sinh1246
zulu1248
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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All Sinhalese and Zulu 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 Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Zulu Speaking population
Sinhalese and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Sinhalese vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Zulu Language Codes
Sinhalese and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.