Welsh and Sinhalese
Countries
Wales
Sri Lanka
National Language
Wales
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
- 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
English Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
British Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Diolch
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Nos da
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Bore da
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Vedda
Where They Speak
Argentina
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
-
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Up-Country Sinhalese
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
gallois
singhalais
German Name
Kymrisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Welsh
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
wels1247
sinh1246
Linguasphere
50-ABA
No data available
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional
All Welsh and Sinhalese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Welsh and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Welsh and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Welsh are spoken in different Welsh Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Welsh vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh, Y Wyndodeg. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Welsh and Sinhalese Speaking population
Welsh and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Welsh and Sinhalese on Welsh vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Welsh and Sinhalese Language Codes
Welsh and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Welsh and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.