Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
Sri Lanka
  
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 in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Sinhala alphabet
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
16.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.