Countries
Sri Lanka
Iraq, Kurdistan
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 in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Dialect 1
Vedda
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
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Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
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Eastern Iraq
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Kurdish
Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
sinh1246
kurd1259
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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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.