Countries
Armenian Highland
Sri Lanka
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- 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
Greek
Maldivian Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3854
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
618
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3236
9
60
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
122
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Vedda
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
-
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
-
-
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0016,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
21
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
6.00 million16.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %0.25 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
6.00 million16.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
7.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
arménien
singhalais
German Name
Armenisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Armenians
Sinhalese people
Origin
late 5th century
3
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
1470
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Armenian
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hy
si
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hye
sin
ISO 639 2/B
arm
sin
ISO 639 3
hye
sin
ISO 639 6
hye
sin
Glottocode
arme1241
sinh1246
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional