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Sinhalese
Sinhalese

Kurdish
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Countries

Countries

Sri Lanka
Iraq, Kurdistan

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Sri Lanka
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey

Second Language

Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Middle East

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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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.
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.

Similar To

Maldivian Language
Farsi Language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5433
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

188
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3629
9 60
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Scripts

Sinhala alphabet
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

24
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks4 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

හලෝ (halō)
Silaw

Thank You

ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Sipas

How Are You?

ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Tu çawa yî?

Good Night

සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Şev xweş

Good Evening

සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Evare baş

Good Afternoon

සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Nee-wa-rowt bash

Good Morning

සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Bayanit bash

Please

කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Bê zehmet

Sorry

සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bibûre

Bye

බායි (bāyi)
Be xêr çî

I Love You

මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Ez te hez dikem

Excuse Me

මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Bê zehmet

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vedda
Northern Kurdish

Where They Speak

Sri Lanka
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Sri Lankan Sinhala
Central Kurdish

Where They Speak

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Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.005,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Up-Country Sinhalese
Southern Kurdish

Where They Speak

-
Eastern Iraq

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

13
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

16.00 million28.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.25 %0.31 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

16.00 million21.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

2.00 million20.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

සිංහල (sĩhala)
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди

Alternative Names

Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Kurdî, کوردی‎

French Name

singhalais
kurde

German Name

Singhalesisch
Kurdisch

Pronunciation

[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]

Ethnicity

Sinhalese people
Kurds

History

Origin

3
16th century CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian

Branch

Indic
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Sinhalese Prakrit
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish

Standard Forms

Modern Sinhalese
Kurdish

Language Position

7014
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Sinhalese
Kurdish Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

si
ku

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sin
kur

ISO 639 2/B

sin
kur

ISO 639 3

sin
kur

ISO 639 6

sin
kur

Glottocode

sinh1246
kurd1259

Linguasphere

No data available
58-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
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Sinhalese and Kurdish Alphabets

Sinhalese and Kurdish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Sinhalese and Kurdish. In Sinhalese Alphabets there are 54 letters while in Kurdish Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Sinhalese and Kurdish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Sinhalese and Kurdish languages. The Sinhalese phonology consist Sinhalese vowels and Sinhalese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Sinhalese greetings vs Kurdish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Sinhalese and Kurdish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Sinhalese and Kurdish Speaking population

Sinhalese and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Sinhalese vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Kurdish Language Codes

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