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Dogri and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Dogri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Jammu and Kashmir, India   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not Available   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

Interesting Facts
  • Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
  • Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
  
  • 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
Hindi and Punjabi Languages   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Dogri-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
48   
28
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
18   
15

How Many Consonants
36   
26
36   
26

Scripts
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script   
Sinhala alphabet   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ke aal aee   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
dhanwaad   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
kiyaan oo ji   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
shub ratri   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
shub ratri   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
su prabat   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
kripya   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
mere kaulan galti ooyyii   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
changa ji pher   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
Minjo tere naal pyar hega   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
gustakhi maaf   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jaunsari   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Himachal Pradesh, India   
Sri Lanka   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Kullu   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
110,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Hinduri   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
France, Himachal Pradesh, India   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million   
99+
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
4.00 million   
99+
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
डोगरी   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
dogri   
singhalais   

German Name
Dogri   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Dogras   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
1971   
3   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Dogri   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
Not Available   
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
sin   

ISO 639 3
doi   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
indo1311   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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All Dogri 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 Dogri and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Dogri and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dogri are spoken in different Dogri Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dogri vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dogri dialects include: Jaunsari, Kullu. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dogri and Sinhalese Speaking population

Dogri and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dogri and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Dogri and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dogri language is Not Available 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 Dogri and Sinhalese on Dogri vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dogri and Sinhalese Language Codes

Dogri and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dogri and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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