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Irish and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Ireland   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Ireland   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
United Kingdom   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

Interesting Facts
  • In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish 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
Not Available   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18   
1
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
18   
15

How Many Consonants
13   
3
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Sinhala alphabet   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
Oíche mhaith   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
le do thoil   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
Tá brón orm   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
Slán   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
Is breá liom thú   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Connacht   
Sri Lanka   

Dialect 2
Munster Irish   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Munster   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Ulster   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.79 million   
99+
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.14 million   
99+
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million   
35
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
irlandais moyen   
singhalais   

German Name
Mittelirisch   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Irish people   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
c. 750   
3   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Goidelic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
Not Available   
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ga   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
gle   
sin   

ISO 639 3
gle   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
iris1253   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
50-AAA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional   

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All Irish 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 Irish and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Irish and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Irish are spoken in different Irish Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Irish vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Irish dialects include: Connacht Irish, Munster Irish. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Irish and Sinhalese Speaking population

Irish and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish 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 Irish and Sinhalese on Irish vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Irish and Sinhalese Language Codes

Irish and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Irish and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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