Countries
Japan
  
Sri Lanka
  
National Language
Japan
  
Sri Lanka
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- 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
Korean Language
  
Maldivian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Sinhala alphabet
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
හලෝ (halō)
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
බායි (bāyi)
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Vedda
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Sri Lanka
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
16.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
16.00 million
  
39
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.00 million
  
34
Native Name
日本語
  
සිංහල (sĩhala)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
  
French Name
japonais
  
singhalais
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Singhalesisch
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Sinhalese people
  
Origin
1185
  
3
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Sinhalese Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Modern Sinhalese
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
si
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
sin
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
sin
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
sin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
sinh1246
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Japanese 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 Japanese and Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Sinhalese language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Sinhalese Difficulty
The Japanese vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.