Xhosa and Sinhalese
Countries
South Africa
Sri Lanka
National Language
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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.
- 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Unjani
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Molo
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Ndicela
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Thembu
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
South Africa
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Dialect 3
Hlubi
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
South Africa
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Native Name
isiXhosa
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
xhosa
singhalais
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
xhos1239
sinh1246
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
All Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Xhosa and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Xhosa are spoken in different Xhosa Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Xhosa vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka, Thembu. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Xhosa and Sinhalese Speaking population
Xhosa and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % 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 Xhosa and Sinhalese on Xhosa vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Xhosa and Sinhalese Language Codes
Xhosa and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.