Countries
Sri Lanka
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Sri Lanka
Ireland
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Foras na Gaeilge
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.
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5418
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
185
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3613
9
60
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Dia dhuit
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
le do thoil
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Tá brón orm
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Slán
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Vedda
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Connacht
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
-
Munster
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
-
Ulster
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
14
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
16.00 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.25 %0.03 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
16.00 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
singhalais
irlandais moyen
German Name
Singhalesisch
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Irish people
Origin
3
c. 750
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Celtic
Branch
Indic
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
7025
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
si
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sin
gle
ISO 639 2/B
sin
gle
ISO 639 3
sin
gle
ISO 639 6
sin
gle
Glottocode
sinh1246
iris1253
Linguasphere
No data available
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional