Irish and Sinhalese
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
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Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Indo-Iranian
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
iris1253
sinh1246
Linguasphere
50-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional
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.
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.
