Somali and Sinhalese Speaking countries

Somali vs Sinhalese Countries

Comparing Somali vs Sinhalese countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Somali and Sinhalese languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Somali is official language is 3 whereas total number of countries where Sinhalese is official language is 1

Find if Somali and Sinhalese are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Somali and Sinhalese speaking countries will give you the presence of Somali and Sinhalese languages in different countries. Along with Somali vs Sinhalese countries, you can also compare Somali vs Sinhalese.

Somali and Sinhalese as Minority Language

In Somali and Sinhalese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Somali and Sinhalese as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

If you want to compare Somali and Sinhalese dialects, then you can go to Somali vs Sinhalese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Somali and Sinhalese Regulators

Somali and Sinhalese speaking countries provide you Somali and Sinhalese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy regulates Somali language.Sinhalese is regulated by Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල). Also get to learn, Somali and Sinhalese Language History.

Somali and Sinhalese Continents

Thinking about Somali and Sinhalese continents in which Somali and Sinhalese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Somali and Sinhalese. Most of the Somali speaking countries lie in Africa, Middle East. While Sinhalese speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Somali and Sinhalese languages:

Somali Interesting Facts:

• Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
• One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.

Sinhalese 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 Somali language was derived from Arabic Language and is similar to Afar and Oromo Language whereas Somali language is similar to Maldivian Language and derived from Sanskrit Language.