Countries
Sri Lanka
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
Sri Lanka
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
Sri Lanka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
  
Kazakh language agency
  
Interesting Facts
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
Similar To
Maldivian Language
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
  
bye
  
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Vedda
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
  
Kazakhstan
  
Dialect 2
Not Available
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Kazakhstan
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
16.00 million
  
39
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
Not Available
  
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
singhalais
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Singhalesisch
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
3
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
  
Kazakh
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
si
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sin
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
sin
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
sin
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sinh1246
  
kaza1248
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative