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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 spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
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
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
42 weeks  
16
44 weeks  
17

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
शुभ अपराह्न  
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+
19,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Kullu  
Sri Lankan Sinhala  

Where They Speak
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India  
-  

How Many People Speak
110,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Hinduri  
Up-Country Sinhalese  

Where They Speak
France, Himachal Pradesh, India  
-  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

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
0.02 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
2.30 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

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
[ˈd̪oːɡri]  
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  

Ethnicity
Dogras  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
1971  
3  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Dogri  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
32  
30
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dogri  
Signed Sinhalese  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
doi  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
doi  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
doi  
sin  

ISO 639 3
doi  
sin  

ISO 639 6
doi  
sin  

Glottocode
indo1311  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
59-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
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 , Sri Lankan Sinhala. 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 0.02 % 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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