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Albanian vs Sinhalese


Sinhalese vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
18   
15

How Many Consonants
29   
19
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Sinhala alphabet   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Sri Lanka   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
albanais   
singhalais   

German Name
Albanisch   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
3   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
Not Available   
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
sin   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Albanian and Sinhalese Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Sinhalese language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Sinhalese language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Sinhalese language states that this language originated in 3. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Albanian and Sinhalese Language History.

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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.

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