Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Sri Lanka
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Middle East
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
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- 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
Farsi Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Sipas
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Şev xweş
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Evare baş
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Bê zehmet
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Bibûre
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
Be xêr çî
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Vedda
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Not Available
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Not Available
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
kurde
singhalais
German Name
Kurdisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Kurds
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Not Available
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kurd1259
sinh1246
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
All Kurdish 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 Kurdish and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Sinhalese Speaking population
Kurdish and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % 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 Kurdish and Sinhalese on Kurdish vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Sinhalese Language Codes
Kurdish and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
