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Sinhalese and Khasi


Khasi and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
Meghalaya   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Sri Lanka   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Sri Lanka   
Not Available   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54   
33
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
6   
3

How Many Consonants
36   
26
14   
4

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Bengali, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
Kumno   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
Khublei   

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   
Kumno phi long?   

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
thia sukh   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
babha janmiet   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
babha noph-phai-sngi   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
khublei   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
Sngewbha   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
Map   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
khublei   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
ieit ieit   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
map a nga   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Bhoi   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Nonglung   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Cherrapunji   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
0.84 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
Not Available   

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia   

French Name
singhalais   
khasi   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Khasi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Khasi people   

History

Origin
3   
Not Available   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
No Early Forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Khasi   

Language Position
70   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
kha   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
kha   

ISO 639 3
sin   
kha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
khas1269   

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   
Not Available   

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

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Sinhalese and Khasi Speaking population

Sinhalese and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is Not Available. 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 Khasi on Sinhalese vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Khasi Language Codes

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

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