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
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
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
Not Available
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Not Available
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 3
Not Available
Not Applicable
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Applicable
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Not Available
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Armenians
Origin
3
late 5th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
arme1241
Linguasphere
No data available
57-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Sinhalese and Armenian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Sinhalese and Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sinhalese and Armenian language. Sinhalese word for "Hello" is හලෝ (halō) or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Sinhalese Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sinhalese vs Armenian Difficulty
The Sinhalese vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese Alphabets and Armenian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Sinhalese and Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.