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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Sri Lanka
India, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
1.4 Second Language
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
1.7 Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
1.8 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.
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
1.9 Similar To
Maldivian Language
Arabic and Hindi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Ghaznavid Persian Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
About Tamil Lan..
54
Rank: 33 (Overall)
52
Rank: 31 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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18
Rank: 15 (Overall)
10
Rank: 7 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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36
Rank: 26 (Overall)
40
Rank: 29 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Arabic
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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2
Rank: 1 (Overall)
4
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
හලෝ (halō)
خوش آمديد
3.2 Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
آپ کا شکریہ
3.3 How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
3.4 Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
گڈ نائٹ
3.5 Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
سلام علیکم
3.6 Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
گڈ آفٹر نون
3.7 Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
گڈ مارننگ
3.8 Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
براہ مہربانی
3.9 Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
معاف کرنا
3.10 Bye
බායි (bāyi)
الوداع
3.11 I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
مجھے تم سے محبت
3.12 Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
معاف کیجئے گا
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Vedda
Dakhini
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
India
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
11,000,000.00
Rank: 12 (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Not Available
Hyderabadi Urdu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Not Available
Rekhta
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
South Asia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
About English L..
1
Rank: 1 (Overall)
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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16.00 million
Rank: 45 (Overall)
104.00 million
Rank: 15 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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0.25 %
Rank: 41 (Overall)
0.99 %
Rank: 20 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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16.00 million
Rank: 39 (Overall)
61.00 million
Rank: 19 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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2.00 million
Rank: 34 (Overall)
43.00 million
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
اُردُو
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Bihari
5.3.4 French Name
singhalais
ourdou
5.3.5 German Name
Singhalesisch
Urdu
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈʊrd̪u]
5.5 Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
3
12th Century CE
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
Indic
Indic
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Modern Standard Urdu
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 49 (Overall)
20
Rank: 18 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Urdu
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
si
ur
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
sin
urd
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
sin
urd
7.3 ISO 639 3
sin
urd
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
sinh1246
urdu1245
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-q
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional

Sinhalese and Urdu Alphabets

Sinhalese and Urdu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Sinhalese and Urdu. In Sinhalese Alphabets there are 54 letters while in Urdu Alphabets there are 52 letters. To learn Sinhalese and Urdu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Sinhalese and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Sinhalese and Urdu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Sinhalese and Urdu Speaking population

Sinhalese and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Sinhalese vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Urdu Language Codes

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

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