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Sinhalese vs French


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Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
1   
14

National Language
France   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
18   
15

How Many Consonants
20   
10
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   
11

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
Merci   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
désolé   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
au revoir   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Sri Lanka   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 2
African French   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
français   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Français   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
français   
singhalais   

German Name
Französisch   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
3   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
13   
12
70   
99+

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
sin   

ISO 639 3
fra   
sin   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
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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French and Sinhalese Language History

Comparison of French vs Sinhalese language history gives us differences between origin of French and Sinhalese language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 French and Sinhalese Language History.

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

French vs Sinhalese Difficulty

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

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