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Kashmiri and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
India, Pakistan   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

Interesting Facts
  • Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
  • Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi and Urdu Languages   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17   
14
18   
15

How Many Consonants
27   
17
36   
26

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script   
Sinhala alphabet   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
Not Available   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
Hach ch'i   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
Not Available   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
Khuda hāfiz   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India   
Sri Lanka   

Dialect 2
Poguli   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Rambani   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
India   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.42 million   
99+
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
kashmiri   
singhalais   

German Name
Kaschmiri   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
12th Century   
3   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Kashmiri   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
Not Available   
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ks   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
kas   
sin   

ISO 639 3
kas   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kash1277   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Kashmiri and Sinhalese Speaking population

Kashmiri and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kashmiri and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Kashmiri and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kashmiri language is Not Available 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 Kashmiri and Sinhalese on Kashmiri vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kashmiri and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

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