Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Sri Lanka
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Romanian
Maldivian Language
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Përshëndetje
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Si jeni?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
natën e mirë
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Ju lutem
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Me fal
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
mirupafshim
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
unë e dua ju
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Më falni
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Vedda
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Up-Country Sinhalese
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Shqip
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
albanais
singhalais
German Name
Albanisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
alba1267
sinh1246
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
Albanian and Sinhalese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Albanian and Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Sinhalese language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Sinhalese Difficulty
The Albanian vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Sinhalese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Albanian and Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.