Countries
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Sri Lanka
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
South America
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
- One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
- 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
Aymara and Guarani Languages
Maldivian Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3154
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
518
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2636
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Rimaykullayki
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
Solpayki
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Allillanchu
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Allin tuta
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Wuynas nuchis
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Wuynas tardis
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Wuynus diyas
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
jamuspa
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Pampachaykuway
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
bye
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
Kuyayki
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Pampachaway
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Ancash
Vedda
Where They Speak
Peru
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
920,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Huánuco
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Peru
-
How Many People Speak
190,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yaru
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Peru
-
How Many People Speak
150,000.0016,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
101
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.90 million16.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.25 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.90 million16.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Qhichwa
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
North La Paz Quechua
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
quechua
singhalais
German Name
Quechua-Sprache
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈketʃwa]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Quechua
Sinhalese people
Origin
16th Century
3
Language Family
Quechumaran Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Andean Equatorial
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Quechua
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
2370
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Quechua
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
qu
si
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
que
sin
ISO 639 2/B
que
sin
ISO 639 3
que
sin
ISO 639 6
que
sin
Glottocode
quec1387
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional