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Armenian
Armenian

Sinhalese
Sinhalese



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Armenian and Sinhalese

Countries

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

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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Greetings

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)

Dialects

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

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

History

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

Code

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

Armenian and Sinhalese Alphabets

Armenian and Sinhalese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Armenian and Sinhalese. In Armenian Alphabets there are 38 letters while in Sinhalese Alphabets there are 54 letters. To learn Armenian and Sinhalese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Armenian and Sinhalese languages. The Armenian phonology consist Armenian vowels and Armenian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Armenian greetings vs Sinhalese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Armenian and Sinhalese are Most Spoken Languages.

All Armenian and Sinhalese 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 Armenian and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Armenian and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Armenian are spoken in different Armenian Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Armenian vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Armenian dialects include: Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Armenian and Sinhalese Speaking population

Armenian and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Armenian and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Armenian and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Armenian language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. 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 Armenian and Sinhalese on Armenian vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Armenian and Sinhalese Language Codes

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