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Luri and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Luri


Countries

Countries
Iran  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Iran  
Sri Lanka  

Second Language
-  
Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Antartica  
Asia  

Minority Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  

Interesting Facts
Luri language is spoken mainly in western and southwestern Iran.  
  • 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
Persian  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45  
25
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
18  
15

How Many Consonants
40  
29
36  
26

Scripts
Arabic  
Sinhala alphabet  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
25 weeks  
7
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hello  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
Thank you  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

How Are You?
how are you  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  

Good Night
Good night  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
Good evening  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
Good morning  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
Please  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
sorry  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
bye  
බායි (bāyi)  

I Love You
i love you  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  

Excuse Me
excuse me  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Feyli lurish  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran  
Sri Lanka  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Bakhtiari  
Sri Lankan Sinhala  

Where They Speak
Iran  
-  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Laki  
Up-Country Sinhalese  

Where They Speak
Iran  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.00 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
89.00 million  
10
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
nanme  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
Lori, Luri, Luristani  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
louri  
singhalais  

German Name
-  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]  
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  

Ethnicity
Lurs  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
19 BC  
3  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
gd  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
gd  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
23  
21
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Signed Sinhalese  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
12  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lrc  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
lrc  
sin  

ISO 639 3
12  
sin  

ISO 639 6
lrc  
sin  

Glottocode
12  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
12  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Luri and Sinhalese Speaking population

Luri and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Luri and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Luri and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Luri language is 0.00 % 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 Luri and Sinhalese on Luri vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Luri and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

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