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Korean vs Sinhalese


Sinhalese vs Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
Sri Lanka  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • 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
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
18  
15

How Many Consonants
19  
9
36  
26

Scripts
Hangul  
Sinhala alphabet  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
බායි (bāyi)  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Sri Lanka  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
2.00 million  
34

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
coréen  
singhalais  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
3  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
12  
11
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
sin  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
sin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kore1280  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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Korean and Sinhalese Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Sinhalese language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Sinhalese language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century 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 Korean and Sinhalese Language History.

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Korean 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 Korean and Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Sinhalese language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Korean vs Sinhalese Difficulty

The Korean vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.

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