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Navajo and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Navajo


Countries

Countries
United States of America   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
United States of America   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
North America   
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
  • Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
  • Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American 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
Apache Language   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
18   
15

How Many Consonants
34   
24
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Sinhala alphabet   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Yá'át'ééh   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
Ahéhee'   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
T'aa shoodi   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
Not available   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
Hágoónee’   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
Shoohá   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navajo1   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Arizona   
Sri Lanka   

Dialect 2
Navajo2   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
New Mexico   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Navajo3   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Utah   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
1.70 million   
99+
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Navaho   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
navaho   
singhalais   

German Name
Navajo-Sprache   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Navajo people   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
1500 CE   
3   

Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Athapascan   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Navajo   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
Not Available   
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nv   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nav   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
nav   
sin   

ISO 639 3
nav   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nava1243   
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
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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All Navajo 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 Navajo and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Navajo and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Navajo are spoken in different Navajo Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Navajo vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Navajo dialects include: Navajo1, Navajo2. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Navajo and Sinhalese Speaking population

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

Navajo and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

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