Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Sri Lanka
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
grazie
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Come stai?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
buonanotte
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
buonasera
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
buongiorno
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Per Favore
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
scusate
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
arrivederci
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
Ti amo
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Scusami
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Romanesco
Vedda
Where They Speak
Lazio
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Italian
Not Available
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tuscan
Not Available
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Not Available
Native Name
Italiano
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Italiano
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
italien
singhalais
German Name
Italienisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Italians
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Italian
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
itas
Not Available
Glottocode
ital1282
sinh1246
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
Italian 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 Italian and Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Sinhalese language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Sinhalese Difficulty
The Italian vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.