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Sinhalese and Navajo


Navajo and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
United States of America   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Sri Lanka   
United States of America   

Second Language
Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
North America   

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.
  
  • Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
  • Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language   
Apache Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54   
33
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
12   
9

How Many Consonants
36   
26
34   
24

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
Yá'át'ééh   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
Ahéhee'   

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?   

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
Yá'át'ééh   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
Yá'át'ééh abíní   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
T'aa shoodi   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
Not available   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
Hágoónee’   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
Ayóó ánííníshí   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
Shoohá   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Navajo1   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
Arizona   

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Navajo2   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
New Mexico   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Navajo3   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Utah   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
1.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
Not Available   

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí   

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   
Navaho   

French Name
singhalais   
navaho   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Navajo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Navajo people   

History

Origin
3   
1500 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dené–Yeniseian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Athapascan   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Navajo   

Language Position
70   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Navajo Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
nv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
nav   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
nav   

ISO 639 3
sin   
nav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
nava1243   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic   

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All Sinhalese and Navajo 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 Navajo dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Navajo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Navajo Dialects are spoken in different Navajo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Navajo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Navajo dialects include: Navajo1 , Navajo2. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sinhalese and Navajo Speaking population

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

Sinhalese and Navajo Language Codes

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

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