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Kannada and Sinhalese History


Sinhalese and Kannada Language History


History

Origin
c. 450  
3  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Modern Kannada  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
31  
29
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Signed Sinhalese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

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Early forms of Kannada and Sinhalese

The Early forms of Kannada and Sinhalese explains the evolution of Kannada and Sinhalese languages which is under Kannada and Sinhalese history. The early forms give us the early stages of the language. By studying Kannada and Sinhalese history we will understand how the Kannada and Sinhalese languages were evolved and modified according to time.

  • Early forms of Kannada: Old Kannada, Kannada.
  • Early forms of Sinhalese: Sinhalese Prakrit.
  • Standard forms of Kannada: Modern Kannada.
  • Standard forms of Sinhalese: Modern Sinhalese.
  • Signed forms of Kannada: Indian Signing System (ISS)
  • Signed forms of Sinhalese: Indian Signing System (ISS)

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Kannada and Sinhalese Language Family

In Kannada and Sinhalese history, you will get to know about Kannada and Sinhalese language family. Go through all languages which belong to Afro-Asiatic Languages and Niger-Congo Languages and explore more about them. A language family is defined as group of languages that are derived from common ancestors. Kannada is a part of Dravidian Family while Sinhalese is a part of Indo-European Family. The subgroup and branch of Kannada is and resp. The subgroup and branch of Sinhalese is Indo-Iranian and Indic resp. Language families are subdivided into smaller units. Scripts used by these languages also depend upon their family. Check out the scripts used in Kannada and Sinhalese language on Kannada vs Sinhalese alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Kannada vs Sinhalese Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Kannada vs Sinhalese language rank. Kannada and Sinhalese history gives you Kannada and Sinhalese language rank. The Kannada language rank is 31. And Sinhalese language rank is 70. The language which is at the higher position has maximum number of native speakers. If you want to know the number of native speakers then go to Kannada vs Sinhalese.

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