Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Sri Lanka
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Roman Empire
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
- 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
Armenian
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Vedda
Where They Speak
Greece
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Griko
Not Available
Where They Speak
Italy
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Not Available
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
singhalais
German Name
Neugriechisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
sinh1246
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
All Greek 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 Greek and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Greek and Sinhalese Speaking population
Greek and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % 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 Greek and Sinhalese on Greek vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Greek and Sinhalese Language Codes
Greek and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.