Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Sri Lanka
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
- 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
Romanian
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Përshëndetje
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Si jeni?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
natën e mirë
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Ju lutem
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Me fal
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
mirupafshim
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
unë e dua ju
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Më falni
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Vedda
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Not Available
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Not Available
Where They Speak
Italy
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
albanais
singhalais
German Name
Albanisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Albanians
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
alba1267
sinh1246
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
All Albanian 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 Albanian and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Albanian and Sinhalese Speaking population
Albanian and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available 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 Albanian and Sinhalese on Albanian vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Albanian and Sinhalese Language Codes
Albanian and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Albanian and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.