Countries
India, Pakistan
Sri Lanka
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
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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 in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
Vedda
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Poguli
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
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Dialect 3
Rambani
Up-Country Sinhalese
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
kash1277
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
Kashmiri and Sinhalese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Kashmiri and Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Sinhalese language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kashmiri vs Sinhalese Difficulty
The Kashmiri vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Sinhalese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Kashmiri and Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.