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Sinhalese vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
18  
15

How Many Consonants
16  
6
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Sinhala alphabet  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
හලෝ (halō)  

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Sri Lanka  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Sri Lankan Sinhala  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
-  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Up-Country Sinhalese  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
-  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Italiano  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
italien  
singhalais  

German Name
Italienisch  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
960 BC  
3  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
27  
25
70  
99+

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Signed Sinhalese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
sin  

ISO 639 3
ita  
sin  

ISO 639 6
itas  
sin  

Glottocode
ital1282  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Italian and Sinhalese Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Sinhalese language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Sinhalese language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC whereas history of Sinhalese language states that this language originated in 3. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Italian and Sinhalese Language History.

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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.

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