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Sinhalese vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
1  
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Sri Lanka  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
18  
15

How Many Consonants
28  
18
36  
26

Scripts
Arabic  
Sinhala alphabet  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
شكرا  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
من فضلك  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
آسف  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
وداعا  
බායි (bāyi)  

I Love You
أحبك  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Sri Lanka  

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
6
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
3
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
2.00 million  
34

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
arabe  
singhalais  

German Name
Arabisch  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
512 CE  
3  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
North Arabic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
25  
21
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
sin  

ISO 639 3
ara  
sin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
arab1395  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Arabic and Sinhalese Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Sinhalese language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Sinhalese language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE 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 Arabic and Sinhalese Language History.

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

Arabic vs Sinhalese Difficulty

The Arabic vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.

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