Countries
Sri Lanka
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Sri Lanka
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5444
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
187
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3629
9
60
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
හලෝ (halō)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Vedda
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
-
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
-
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
121
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
16.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.25 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
16.00 million60.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
singhalais
pachto
German Name
Singhalesisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Pashtun
Origin
3
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
7082
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
si
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sin
pus
ISO 639 2/B
sin
pus
ISO 639 3
sin
pus
ISO 639 6
sin
pus
Glottocode
sinh1246
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional