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Sinhalese and Kurdish


Kurdish and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Sri Lanka   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   

Second Language
Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Middle East   

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

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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54   
33
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
8   
5

How Many Consonants
36   
26
29   
19

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
Silaw   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
Sipas   

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
Bayanit bash   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
Bibûre   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Northern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Eastern Iraq   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,000,000.00   
12

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
Not Available   

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   
Not Available   

French Name
singhalais   
kurde   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Kurds   

History

Origin
3   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Kurdish   

Language Position
70   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
kur   

ISO 639 3
sin   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
No data available   
58-AAA-a   

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

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Sinhalese and Kurdish Speaking population

Sinhalese and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Sinhalese vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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