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Sinhalese and Uzbek


Uzbek and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka  
Turkey, Uzbekistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Sri Lanka  
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan  

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)  
-  

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.
  
  • Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
  • In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language  
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54  
33
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18  
15
9  
6

How Many Consonants
36  
26
24  
14

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)  
Salom  

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  
Rakhmat  

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  
Qalay siz?  

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  
Hayirli tun  

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  
Hayirli kech  

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  
Hayirli kun  

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  
Hayirli tong  

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  
Iltimos  

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  
Kechiring!  

Bye
බායි (bāyi)  
Xayr  

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  
Sizni sevaman  

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  
Iltimos! Menga qarang  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda  
Tashkent  

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka  
-  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
30
32,000,000.00  
23

Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala  
Afghan  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
32,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese  
Ferghana  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
32,000,000.00  
18

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.39 %  
36

Native Speakers
16.00 million  
39
26.00 million  
31

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
32.00 million  
25

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)  
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)  

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
singhalais  
ouszbek  

German Name
Singhalesisch  
Usbekisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  
[oʻzbek]  

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people  
Uzbek  

History

Origin
3  
9th–12th centuries AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Turkic  

Branch
Indic  
Southestern(Chagatai)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit  
Chagatay  

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese  
Uzbek  

Language Position
70  
99+
53  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese  
Signed Uzbek  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
si  
uz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin  
uzb  

ISO 639 2/B
sin  
uzb  

ISO 639 3
sin  
uzb  

ISO 639 6
sin  
uzb  

Glottocode
sinh1246  
uzbe1247  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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All Sinhalese and Uzbek 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 Uzbek dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Uzbek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Uzbek Dialects are spoken in different Uzbek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Uzbek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Uzbek dialects include: Tashkent , Afghan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sinhalese and Uzbek Speaking population

Sinhalese and Uzbek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Uzbek languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Uzbek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Uzbek language is 0.39 %. 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 Uzbek on Sinhalese vs Uzbek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Uzbek Language Codes

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

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