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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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