Countries
Sri Lanka
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Sri Lanka
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Greek
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5438
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
186
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3632
9
60
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
212
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Vedda
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
-
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
-
-
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
12
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
16.00 million6.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.25 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
16.00 million6.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million7.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
singhalais
arménien
German Name
Singhalesisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Armenians
Origin
3
late 5th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
7014
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
si
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sin
hye
ISO 639 2/B
sin
arm
ISO 639 3
sin
hye
ISO 639 6
sin
hye
Glottocode
sinh1246
arme1241
Linguasphere
No data available
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative, Synthetic