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Quechua and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Quechua


Countries

Countries
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
18   
15

How Many Consonants
26   
16
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Sinhala alphabet   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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
Not Available   
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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ancash   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Peru   
Sri Lanka   

How Many People Speak
920,000.00   
29
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Huánuco   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Peru   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
190,000.00   
33
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yaru   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Peru   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
150,000.00   
25
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.90 million   
99+
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Quechua   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
16th Century   
3   

Language Family
Quechumaran Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Andean Equatorial   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Quechua   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
Not Available   
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
quec1387   
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, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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All Quechua 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 Quechua and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Quechua and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Quechua are spoken in different Quechua Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Quechua vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Quechua dialects include: Ancash, Huánuco. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Quechua and Sinhalese Speaking population

Quechua and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Quechua and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Quechua and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Quechua language is 0.13 % 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 Quechua and Sinhalese on Quechua vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Quechua and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

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