Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Sri Lanka
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Asante
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
tafadhali
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
pole
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
nakupenda
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Samahani
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
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Dialect 3
Kimgao
Up-Country Sinhalese
Native Name
Kiswahili
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
swahili
singhalais
German Name
Swahili
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Swahili
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
swah1254
sinh1246
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
All Swahili 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 Swahili and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Sinhalese Speaking population
Swahili and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % 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 Swahili and Sinhalese on Swahili vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Sinhalese Language Codes
Swahili and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.