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Sinhalese and Georgian


Georgian and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka  
Georgia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Sri Lanka  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  

Second Language
Sri Lanka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  
Cabinet of Georgia  

Interesting Facts
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language  
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Anatolian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54  
33
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18  
15
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
28  
18

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet  
Arabic, Georgian script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  
ბოდიში (bodishi)  

Bye
බායි (bāyi)  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda  
Judaeo-Georgian  

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
30
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala  
Kartlian  

Where They Speak
-  
Kartli  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese  
Pshavian  

Where They Speak
-  
Pshavi  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
4,000,000.00  
40

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.64 %  
26

Native Speakers
16.00 million  
39
4.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)  
ქართული ენა  

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  

French Name
singhalais  
géorgien  

German Name
Singhalesisch  
Georgisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people  
Georgians  

History

Origin
3  
5th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Kartvelian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Southern  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese  
Modern Georgian  

Language Position
70  
99+
120  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese  
Georgian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
si  
ka  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin  
kat  

ISO 639 2/B
sin  
geo  

ISO 639 3
sin  
kat  

ISO 639 6
sin  
kat  

Glottocode
sinh1246  
nucl1302  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Sinhalese and Georgian Speaking population

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Sinhalese and Georgian Language Codes

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