Countries
Israel
Sri Lanka
National Language
Israel
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Israel
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
- 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
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Aramaic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Hebrew
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Vedda
Where They Speak
Israel
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
Not Available
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
Not Available
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
Not Available
Where They Speak
Israel
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
hébreu
singhalais
German Name
Hebräisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
hebr1246
sinh1246
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
All Hebrew 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 Hebrew and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Hebrew and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hebrew are spoken in different Hebrew Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hebrew vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hebrew dialects include: Ashkenazi Hebrew, Samaritan Hebrew. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Hebrew and Sinhalese Speaking population
Hebrew and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hebrew and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Hebrew and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hebrew 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 Hebrew and Sinhalese on Hebrew vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Hebrew and Sinhalese Language Codes
Hebrew and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hebrew and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
