Countries
Armenian Highland
  
Sri Lanka
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Sri Lanka
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- 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
Greek
  
Maldivian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Sinhala alphabet
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
හලෝ (halō)
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
බායි (bāyi)
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Vedda
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Sri Lanka
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
16.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
16.00 million
  
39
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.00 million
  
34
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
සිංහල (sĩhala)
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
  
French Name
arménien
  
singhalais
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Singhalesisch
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Sinhalese people
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
3
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Sinhalese Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Modern Sinhalese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
si
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
sin
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
sin
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
sin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
sinh1246
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Fusional