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Sinhalese and Uyghur


Uyghur and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
China   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Sri Lanka   
China   

Second Language
Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   

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.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language   
Uzbek Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Gokturk Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54   
33
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
9   
6

How Many Consonants
36   
26
27   
17

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
Ässalamu läykum.   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
rakhmat   

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
Not Available   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
birdam   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
kachurung   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
Khayr khosh   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
sizni yahshi kOrman   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
Kachurung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Turpan   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
China   

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Hotan   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
China   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Lop Nur   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
China   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
7   
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.12 %   
99+

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
Not Available   

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   

French Name
singhalais   
ouïgour   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Uigurisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Uyghur   

History

Origin
3   
11   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Uyghur   

Language Position
70   
99+
98   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
ug   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
uig   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
uig   

ISO 639 3
sin   
uig   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
uigh1240   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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

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Sinhalese and Uyghur Speaking population

Sinhalese and Uyghur speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Uyghur languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Uyghur Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 %. 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 Uyghur on Sinhalese vs Uyghur where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Uyghur Language Codes

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

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