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Georgian and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  
Sri Lanka  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  

Interesting Facts
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
  • 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
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
Anatolian Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
18  
15

How Many Consonants
28  
18
36  
26

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script  
Sinhala alphabet  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  
බායි (bāyi)  

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  
Sri Lanka  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Kartlian  
Sri Lankan Sinhala  

Where They Speak
Kartli  
-  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Pshavian  
Up-Country Sinhalese  

Where They Speak
Pshavi  
-  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
40
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.64 %  
26
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.30 million  
99+
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ქართული ენა  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
géorgien  
singhalais  

German Name
Georgisch  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  

Ethnicity
Georgians  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
5th Century  
3  

Language Family
Kartvelian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Southern  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
120  
99+
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Georgian Sign Language  
Signed Sinhalese  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ka  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
geo  
sin  

ISO 639 3
kat  
sin  

ISO 639 6
kat  
sin  

Glottocode
nucl1302  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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All Georgian 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 Georgian and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Georgian and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Georgian are spoken in different Georgian Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Georgian vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Georgian dialects include: Judaeo-Georgian, Kartlian. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Georgian and Sinhalese Speaking population

Georgian and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Georgian and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Georgian and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Georgian language is 0.64 % 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 Georgian and Sinhalese on Georgian vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Georgian and Sinhalese Language Codes

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