Countries
Sri Lanka
China
National Language
Sri Lanka
China
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
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.
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Uzbek Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Gokturk Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Ässalamu läykum.
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
rakhmat
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
تۆنۈگۈن خەير
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
birdam
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
kachurung
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Khayr khosh
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
sizni yahshi kOrman
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Kachurung
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
China
Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Hotan
Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Lop Nur
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
French Name
singhalais
ouïgour
German Name
Singhalesisch
Uigurisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Uyghur
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Uyghur
Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Signed Uyghur
Glottocode
sinh1246
uigh1240
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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All Sinhalese and Uyghur 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 Uyghur dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Uyghur language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Uyghur Dialects are spoken in different Uyghur speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Uyghur Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Uyghur dialects include: Turpan , Hotan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Uyghur Speaking population
Sinhalese and Uyghur speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Uyghur languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Uyghur Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 %. 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 Uyghur on Sinhalese vs Uyghur where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Uyghur Language Codes
Sinhalese and Uyghur language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Uyghur Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.