Zulu and Sinhalese
Countries
South Africa
Sri Lanka
National Language
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
- 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
Xhosa Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
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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
Hello
Sawubona
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
unjani
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Ngiyacela
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
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Dialect 3
Ndebele
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
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Native Name
isiZulu
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
zoulou
singhalais
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
zulu1248
sinh1246
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional
All Zulu 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 Zulu and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Zulu and Sinhalese Speaking population
Zulu and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % 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 Zulu and Sinhalese on Zulu vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Zulu and Sinhalese Language Codes
Zulu and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.