Countries
Sri Lanka
India, Pakistan
National Language
Sri Lanka
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Not Available
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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Not Available
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Hach ch'i
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Not Available
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Vedda
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
Dialect 2
Not Available
Poguli
Where They Speak
Not Available
Pogul and Paristan valleys
Dialect 3
Not Available
Rambani
Where They Speak
Not Available
India
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
singhalais
kashmiri
German Name
Singhalesisch
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
Not Available
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Kashmiris or koshur
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Kashmiri
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
kash1277
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Sinhalese and Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Kashmiri language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Kashmiri Dialects are spoken in different Kashmiri speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Kashmiri Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Kashmiri dialects include: Kashtawari , Poguli. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Kashmiri Speaking population
Sinhalese and Kashmiri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Kashmiri languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Kashmiri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kashmiri language is Not Available. 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 Sinhalese and Kashmiri on Sinhalese vs Kashmiri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Kashmiri Language Codes
Sinhalese and Kashmiri language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Kashmiri Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.