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Kashmiri and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Pakistan  
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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  

Interesting Facts
  • Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
  • Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic 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
Hindi and Urdu Languages  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17  
14
18  
15

How Many Consonants
27  
17
36  
26

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  
Sinhala alphabet  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, 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
Assalām ‘alaikum  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
سہا مسا  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
Hach ch'i  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
مهربانی کر  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
Khuda hāfiz  
බායි (bāyi)  

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  
Sri Lanka  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Poguli  
Sri Lankan Sinhala  

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys  
-  

How Many People Speak
6,100,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Rambani  
Up-Country Sinhalese  

Where They Speak
India  
-  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
36
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.42 million  
99+
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
kashmiri  
singhalais  

German Name
Kaschmiri  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]  
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
12th Century  
3  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Kashmiri  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
23  
21
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Signed Sinhalese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ks  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
kas  
sin  

ISO 639 3
kas  
sin  

ISO 639 6
kas  
sin  

Glottocode
kash1277  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Kashmiri and Sinhalese Speaking population

Kashmiri and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kashmiri and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Kashmiri and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kashmiri language is 0.05 % 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 Kashmiri and Sinhalese on Kashmiri vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kashmiri and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

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