Countries
European Union, Ireland
Sri Lanka
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Ireland
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
- 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
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Maldivian Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1854
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
518
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1336
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Dia dhuit
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
le do thoil
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Tá brón orm
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
Slán
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Vedda
Where They Speak
Connacht
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
100,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Munster
-
How Many People Speak
150,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Ulster
-
How Many People Speak
140,000.0016,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
41
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1.79 million16.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.25 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.14 million16.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
irlandais moyen
singhalais
German Name
Mittelirisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Sinhalese people
Origin
c. 750
3
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Goidelic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
2570
1
120
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Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
si
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
sin
ISO 639 2/B
gle
sin
ISO 639 3
gle
sin
ISO 639 6
gle
sin
Glottocode
iris1253
sinh1246
Linguasphere
50-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional