Countries
Sri Lanka
Israel
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 in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Hebrew
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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!
Dialect 1
Vedda
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Israel
Dialect 2
Not Available
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Not Available
Israel, Palestine
Dialect 3
Not Available
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Not Available
Israel
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
singhalais
hébreu
German Name
Singhalesisch
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Semitic
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Modern Hebrew
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
hebr1246
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
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, Not Available. Hebrew dialects include: Ashkenazi Hebrew , Samaritan Hebrew. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
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 Not Available. 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.