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Sinhalese and Konkani


Konkani and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Sri Lanka   
India   

Second Language
Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   
Govenment of Goa   

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language   
Marathi   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54   
33
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
16   
13

How Many Consonants
36   
26
36   
26

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
Namaskar   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
Not Available   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
Chike   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
Maf kor   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
Adeus   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
Goa   

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
7.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
Not Available   

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
singhalais   
konkani   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
3   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Kokani   

Language Position
70   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
kok   

ISO 639 3
sin   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
goan1235   

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   
Not Available   

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

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Sinhalese and Konkani Speaking population

Sinhalese and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Konkani on Sinhalese vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Konkani Language Codes

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

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