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Sinhalese and Quechua


Quechua and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

National Language
Sri Lanka   
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru   

Second Language
Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
South America   

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.
  
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54   
33
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
26   
16

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
Rimaykullayki   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
Solpayki   

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   
Allillanchu   

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
Allin tuta   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
Wuynas nuchis   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
Wuynas tardis   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
Wuynus diyas   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
Not Available   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
Pampachaykuway   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
bye   

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

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
Pampachaway   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Ancash   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
Peru   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
920,000.00   
29

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Huánuco   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Peru   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
190,000.00   
33

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Yaru   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Peru   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
150,000.00   
25

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
10   
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
8.90 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
Not Available   

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
Qhichwa   

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   
North La Paz Quechua   

French Name
singhalais   
quechua   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Quechua-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Quechua   

History

Origin
3   
16th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Quechumaran Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Andean Equatorial   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Quechua   

Language Position
70   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
qu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
que   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
que   

ISO 639 3
sin   
que   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
quec1387   

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, Synthetic   

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

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Sinhalese and Quechua Speaking population

Sinhalese and Quechua speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Quechua languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Quechua Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Quechua language is 0.13 %. 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 Quechua on Sinhalese vs Quechua where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Quechua Language Codes

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

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