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Sinhalese vs Armenian


Armenian vs Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka  
Armenian Highland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54  
33
38  
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18  
15
6  
3

How Many Consonants
36  
26
32  
22

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet  
Armenian manuscript  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
12  
9

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
30
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala  
Western Armenian  

Where They Speak
-  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.22 %  
99+

Native Speakers
16.00 million  
39
6.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
7.00 million  
99+

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
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people  
Armenians  

History

Origin
3  
late 5th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  

Language Position
70  
99+
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese  
Signed Armenian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
si  
hy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin  
hye  

ISO 639 2/B
sin  
arm  

ISO 639 3
sin  
hye  

ISO 639 6
sin  
hye  

Glottocode
sinh1246  
arme1241  

Linguasphere
No data available  
57-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Sinhalese and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Sinhalese vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Sinhalese and Armenian language. History of Sinhalese language states that this language originated in 3 whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Sinhalese and Armenian Language History.

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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.

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