Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Sri Lanka
  
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 in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Sinhala alphabet
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
16.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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