Countries
Sri Lanka
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Total No. Of Countries
17
0
46
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National Language
Sri Lanka
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
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.
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
French and Portuguese Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5421
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
185
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3616
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
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
හලෝ (halō)
ciao
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
grazie
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Come stai?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
buonanotte
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
buonasera
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
buon pomeriggio
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
buongiorno
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Per Favore
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
scusate
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
arrivederci
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Ti amo
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Scusami
Dialect 1
Vedda
Romanesco
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Lazio
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Central Italian
Where They Speak
-
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Tuscan
Where They Speak
-
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0069,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
115
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
16.00 million78.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.25 %0.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
16.00 million64.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million14.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Italiano
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Italiano
French Name
singhalais
italien
German Name
Singhalesisch
Italienisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[itaˈljaːno]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Italians
Origin
3
960 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Romance
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Italian
Language Position
7027
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
si
it
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sin
ita
ISO 639 2/B
sin
ita
ISO 639 3
sin
ita
ISO 639 6
sin
itas
Glottocode
sinh1246
ital1282
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-q
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic