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Sinhalese vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
1  
14

National Language
Spain  
Sri Lanka  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  

Similar To
French Language  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
18  
15

How Many Consonants
22  
12
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Sinhala alphabet  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hola  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
Gracias  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
Por Favor  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
triste  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
adiós  
බායි (bāyi)  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Sri Lanka  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
6
19,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Sri Lankan Sinhala  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
-  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
35
19,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Up-Country Sinhalese  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
-  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Español  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
singhalais  

German Name
Spanisch  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  

Ethnicity
Spanish people  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
210 BC  
3  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
2  
2
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Signed Sinhalese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
sin  

ISO 639 3
spa  
sin  

ISO 639 6
spa  
sin  

Glottocode
stan1288  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Spanish and Sinhalese Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Sinhalese language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Sinhalese language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC whereas history of Sinhalese language states that this language originated in 3. 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 Spanish and Sinhalese Language History.

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Spanish and Sinhalese 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 Spanish and Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Sinhalese language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Spanish vs Sinhalese Difficulty

The Spanish vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish Alphabets and Sinhalese 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 Spanish and Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.

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