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Japanese vs Sinhalese


Sinhalese vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
99   
40
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
18   
15

How Many Consonants
14   
4
36   
26

Scripts
Kana   
Sinhala alphabet   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
0.25 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
8   
8
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Japanese and Sinhalese Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Sinhalese language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Sinhalese language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 whereas history of Sinhalese language states that this language originated in 3. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Japanese and Sinhalese Language History.

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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.

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