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Sinhalese and Kazakh


Kazakh and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
54  
33
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18  
15
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
17  
7

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet  
Arabic, Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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!)  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.17 %  
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  

History

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  

Language Position
70  
99+
93  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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

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Sinhalese and Kazakh Speaking population

Sinhalese and Kazakh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Kazakh languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Kazakh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 %. 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 Sinhalese and Kazakh on Sinhalese vs Kazakh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Kazakh Language Codes

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

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