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Luri and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Luri


Countries

Countries
Iran   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Iran   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Not Available   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Antartica   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not Available   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

Interesting Facts
Not Available   
  • 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
Persian   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45   
25
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
18   
15

How Many Consonants
40   
29
36   
26

Scripts
Arabic   
Sinhala alphabet   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
25 weeks   
7
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hello   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
Thank you   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
how are you   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
Good night   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
Good evening   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
Good morning   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
Please   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
sorry   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
bye   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
i love you   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
excuse me   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Feyli lurish   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran   
Sri Lanka   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Bakhtiari   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Iran   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Laki   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Iran   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.00 %   
99+
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.00 million   
99+
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
89.00 million   
10
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
nanme   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Lori, Luri, Luristani   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
Not Available   
singhalais   

German Name
Not Available   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Lurs   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
19 BC   
3   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
gd   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
gd   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
23   
19
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
12   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
sin   

ISO 639 3
12   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
12   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
12   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Luri and Sinhalese Speaking population

Luri and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Luri and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Luri and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Luri language is 0.00 % 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 Luri and Sinhalese on Luri vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Luri and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

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