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Kurdish and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  
Sri Lanka  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
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
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • 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
Farsi Language  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
18  
15

How Many Consonants
29  
19
36  
26

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Sinhala alphabet  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
Sipas  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
Bê zehmet  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
Bibûre  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
බායි (bāyi)  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
Sri Lanka  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
19,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Sri Lankan Sinhala  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
-  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Up-Country Sinhalese  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
-  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی‎  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
kurde  
singhalais  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
3  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
14  
13
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language  
Signed Sinhalese  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
sin  

ISO 639 3
kur  
sin  

ISO 639 6
kur  
sin  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
sinh1246  

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

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Kurdish and Sinhalese Speaking population

Kurdish and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % 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 Kurdish and Sinhalese on Kurdish vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

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