Countries
Armenian Highland
Sri Lanka
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
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
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Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian
Up-Country Sinhalese
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
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Signed Armenian
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
arme1241
sinh1246
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional
Armenian 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 Armenian and Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Sinhalese language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Armenian vs Sinhalese Difficulty
The Armenian vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Armenian 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 Armenian and Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Armenian and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Armenian is 44 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.