Somali and Sinhalese
Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Sri Lanka
National Language
Somalia
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Evening Good
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Fadlan
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
caraysiiyo
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Vedda
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
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Native Name
af Soomaali
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
somali
singhalais
German Name
Somali
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Somali
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
soma1255
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
All Somali and Sinhalese 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 Somali and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Somali and Sinhalese Speaking population
Somali and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. 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 Somali and Sinhalese on Somali vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Sinhalese Language Codes
Somali and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.