Xhosa and Sinhalese Speaking countries

Xhosa and Sinhalese as Minority Language

In Xhosa and Sinhalese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Sinhalese dialects, then you can go to Xhosa vs Sinhalese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Xhosa and Sinhalese Regulators

Xhosa and Sinhalese speaking countries provide you Xhosa and Sinhalese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Xhosa is not regulated.Sinhalese is regulated by Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල). Also get to learn, Xhosa and Sinhalese Language History.

Xhosa and Sinhalese Continents

Thinking about Xhosa and Sinhalese continents in which Xhosa and Sinhalese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Xhosa and Sinhalese. Most of the Xhosa speaking countries lie in Africa. 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 Xhosa and Sinhalese languages:

Xhosa Interesting Facts:

• 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.

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 Xhosa language was derived from Khoi-Khoi and San Languages and is similar to Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele whereas Xhosa language is similar to Maldivian Language and derived from Sanskrit Language.