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Uyghur and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
China   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Gokturk Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
18   
15

How Many Consonants
27   
17
36   
26

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Sinhala alphabet   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
rakhmat   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
birdam   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
kachurung   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
Khayr khosh   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
Kachurung   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
China   
Sri Lanka   

Dialect 2
Hotan   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
China   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Lop Nur   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
China   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %   
99+
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
ouïgour   
singhalais   

German Name
Uigurisch   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Uyghur   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
11   
3   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Uyghur   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
98   
99+
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ug   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
uig   
sin   

ISO 639 3
uig   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
uigh1240   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Uyghur and Sinhalese Speaking population

Uyghur and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uyghur and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Uyghur and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. 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 Uyghur and Sinhalese on Uyghur vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uyghur and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

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