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
Greek 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 Greek and Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Sinhalese language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Sinhalese Difficulty
The Greek vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek 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 Greek and Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.