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Sinhalese and Hebrew


Hebrew and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka  
Israel  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Sri Lanka  
Israel  

Second Language
Sri Lanka  
Israel  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Poland  

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  
Academy of the Hebrew Language  

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 original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language  
Arabic and Aramaic languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Aramaic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54  
33
22  
4

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18  
15
0  

How Many Consonants
36  
26
22  
12

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet  
Hebrew  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)  
שלום (Shalom)  

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  
תודה (Toda)  

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)  

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)  

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)  

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)  

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)  

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  
בבקשה (bevekshah)  

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  
סליחה! (Slicha)  

Bye
බායි (bāyi)  
להתראות (Lehitraot)  

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)  

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  
בבקשה!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda  
Ashkenazi Hebrew  

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka  
Israel  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
30
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala  
Samaritan Hebrew  

Where They Speak
-  
Israel, Palestine  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese  
Yemenite Hebrew  

Where They Speak
-  
Israel  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
9.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
16.00 million  
39
4.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
5.60 million  
99+

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)  

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  
Israeli, Ivrit  

French Name
singhalais  
hébreu  

German Name
Singhalesisch  
Hebräisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]  

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people  
Hebrew-speaking people  

History

Origin
3  
1000 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Semitic  

Branch
Indic  
Canaanitic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew  

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese  
Modern Hebrew  

Language Position
70  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese  
Signed Hebrew  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
si  
he  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin  
heb  

ISO 639 2/B
sin  
heb  

ISO 639 3
sin  
heb  

ISO 639 6
sin  
heb  

Glottocode
sinh1246  
hebr1246  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Sinhalese and Hebrew Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Sinhalese and Hebrew dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Hebrew language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Hebrew Dialects are spoken in different Hebrew speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Hebrew Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Hebrew dialects include: Ashkenazi Hebrew , Samaritan Hebrew. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sinhalese and Hebrew Speaking population

Sinhalese and Hebrew speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Hebrew languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Hebrew Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is 0.11 %. 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 Hebrew on Sinhalese vs Hebrew where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Hebrew Language Codes

Sinhalese and Hebrew language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Hebrew Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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