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Kashmiri vs Sinhalese


Sinhalese vs 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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Kashmiri and Sinhalese Language History

Comparison of Kashmiri vs Sinhalese language history gives us differences between origin of Kashmiri and Sinhalese language. History of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th Century whereas history of Sinhalese language states that this language originated in 3. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Kashmiri and Sinhalese Language History.

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Kashmiri and Sinhalese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Kashmiri and Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Sinhalese language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kashmiri vs Sinhalese Difficulty

The Kashmiri vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Sinhalese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Kashmiri and Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.

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