Countries
Sri Lanka
Armenian Highland
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
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
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Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Eastern Armenian
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
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sinh1246
arme1241
Linguasphere
No data available
57-AAA-a
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Sinhalese and Armenian Speaking population
Sinhalese and Armenian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Armenian languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Armenian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Armenian language is 0.22 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Sinhalese and Armenian on Sinhalese vs Armenian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Armenian Language Codes
Sinhalese and Armenian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Armenian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.