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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  
17
44 weeks  
17

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
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  
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  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
19,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Sri Lankan Sinhala  

Where They Speak
China  
-  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
19,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Up-Country Sinhalese  

Where They Speak
China  
-  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
21
16,000,000.00  
27

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
25.00 million  
27
2.00 million  
99+

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]  
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
11  
3  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
98  
99+
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur  
Signed Sinhalese  

Scope
-  
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
uig  
sin  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
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 , Sri Lankan Sinhala. 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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