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Kazakh vs Sinhalese


Sinhalese vs Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

Interesting Facts
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic 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
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
18   
15

How Many Consonants
17   
7
36   
26

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic   
Sinhala alphabet   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
bye   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Sri Lanka   

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
kazakh   
singhalais   

German Name
Kasachisch   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kazahks   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
17th Century   
3   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Kazakh   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
93   
99+
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
kk   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
kaz   
sin   

ISO 639 3
kaz   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kaza1248   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional   

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Kazakh and Sinhalese Language History

Comparison of Kazakh vs Sinhalese language history gives us differences between origin of Kazakh and Sinhalese language. History of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Sinhalese language states that this language originated in 3. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Kazakh and Sinhalese Language History.

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Kazakh 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 Kazakh and Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kazakh and Sinhalese language. Kazakh word for "Hello" is Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be) or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Kazakh Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kazakh vs Sinhalese Difficulty

The Kazakh vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh 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 Kazakh and Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.

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